EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



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from our own power plant. They are put on in layers about six inches 

 thick and crushed down with a road roller. This makes the best form 

 of yard paving or walk that we have used. Of course, farmers in general 

 cannot secure this material, but there are many in the vicinity of towns 

 or cities who can. The steam road roller is of course not available, except 

 to the few, which prevents the completion of the pavement at once, but 

 in time the stock will trample cinders down hard and firm. The cinder 

 paved yard becomes so firm and smooth that they can be scraped easily 

 and cleaned frequently, thus effecting a material saving in fertilizer. 



Fig. 4. 



THE NEW HORSE BARN. 



An examination of Fig. 5 shows the frame of our new horse barn 

 to be of Shawver type, somewhat modified. The frame is 04 feet long 

 and 48 feet wide, with 18 foot posts. Fig. 5 gives a fair idea of the 

 general construction of the frame, and Fig. 7 shows the detail of the 

 construction of the bent. There are two stories. The lower story, U 

 feet G inches in the clear, is occupied by 18 single common stalls, 5 

 box stalls, a carriage room 20x28 feet, feed room, watering troughs. The 

 upper story is for mow and granary purposes. 



The foundation is of cement with walls 14 inches at the top, widen- 

 ing inward toward the bottom. 



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