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THE AMERICAN FARMER. 



designed for fattening cattle, milch cows, and young stock. The feeding-boxes are 2 feet 

 wide, the floors 5^ feet from the feeding-trough to the gutter (which is 14 inches wide), and 

 the rear passage is 3 feet, making about 12 feet in all for the stalls. 



These stalls are 6^ feet wide, and designed for two animals, which are fastened by a 

 neck-strap or chain, which is attached to a short chain and ring playing up and down upon a 

 rod bolted to the partition between the stalls, thus permitting a free movement of the head. 



The rack in front of the manger is perpendicular. A shutter is hinged below it which, 

 when open, is held in an inclined position by a chain. By this means space is given for hay 

 being passed between the shutter and rack. 



This building is well lighted and ventilated. Ventilating trunks, four feet square, extend 

 from the feeding-floor to the roof, where they each terminate in a large ventilator. The 



HORSE-STALLS. 



windows on the stock floor are numerous, and are each provided with two glazed sashes 

 hung by weights, so that they may be opened and held in position as desired, making it very 

 cool and airy in hot weather. The yards extend to the south and east. 



The water from the eaves is all conducted off, so that none comes into the yard. The 

 water for the stock is supplied from an unfailing source, and is brought in pipes to the yards 

 and stock department of the barn. 



Whether a barn be large, or small, much may be gained by way of convenience, and the 

 economy of room and expense, by having a good plan for its construction. 



A recent writer gives his method of building a bank-barn as follows : &quot;I would say 

 first, that 36 or 40 feet is ordinarly as wide as it is practicable to build a barn. Additional 

 room can be made up in length, if desired. If there is much of a bank, more depth 



