FARM BUILDINGS. 



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latitude, but may answer as a basis upon which to calculate the lowest expense of building a 

 cheap and convenient barn suited for common farm purposes. 



The expense of building-material varying, as it does, in different localities and at differ- 



DAIRY BARN. 



CHEAP DAIRY BARN. 



ent periods, as well as that of labor, only an approximate estimate can be reached It is 

 necessary to have a wide and solid stone foundation in building a barn, and especially so at 

 the lower side when a bank-barn is built, in order that the sills may lie solid and firm. 



Barns and sheds should be well raised on substantial underpinnings, in order to prevent 



