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and office occupied most of the second floor; the 

 sheep, grain, hay, straw and stationary thresher, 

 the third floor. The mows* would hold the sheaves 

 of 600 to 700 bushels of grain and 100 tons of 

 hay. Provision was made for everything a barn 

 should contain except poultry which it should 

 not contain. 



President Adams, our second President, once 

 said when admiring the barn from that delightful 

 view from the reservoir, " The lines of that barn 

 are the most harmonious of any building on the 

 grounds." Later an addition was made to it 

 which injured its architectural beauty. To me it 

 was not only beautiful on the outside, but physic- 

 ally restful and mentally satisfying on the inside, 

 because it was- the embodiment of my dreams. 

 This barn cost about $7,000 and the lumber, when 

 it was finally torn down in 1912 to make room for 

 an Agricultural College building, was estimated 

 to be worth about $4,000; and now another has 

 been erected way back on the farm which cost 

 nearly four times as much. 



In the basement and under the horse stalls, a 

 space, about 44 by 60 feet, was set apart to store 

 manures, and this provided a place where the cows 

 might stretch their legs as health demanded. The 



