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even with the top of studding, and an oak cap 2 feet 6 inches spiked on top. 

 cap has 1^-inch holes four inch 

 es from center to center and 

 one inch deep, in which inch 

 gas-pipes 3 feet long are in 

 serted, and capped with an 

 other 

 both 



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oak cap firmly set at 

 ends. The floors are 

 made of clay and gravel. An 

 alley 6 feet wide runs the en 

 tire length of the barn, with 

 manger on the opposite side 

 from stalls. 



The large space with posts 

 in center is divided by movable 

 plank partitions 5 feet high, 

 the end bars of which run as 

 high as the beam, and are 

 hung to same with a hinge 

 These partitions can all be 

 raised to the ceiling, and are 

 held there by four wooden 

 hooks, with the lower parts 

 beveled. When the partition 

 (or door) is raised, the hook is 

 thrown back until the door 

 enters the notch (or hook), 

 which falls over it and holds 

 it. In this way the whole 

 south portion of the building 

 can be thrown into one great 

 shed, or divided into small 

 stalls, and when the awning is 

 down everything is perfectly 

 protected. The yard fences 

 are also made movable by 

 sockets being tamped in the 

 ground to receive the posts, 

 which are tapered, and can be 

 taken out with perfect ease, 

 and the hole plugged. 



The bins for feed are 

 made in the second story, and 

 are located directly over the 

 hydrant, at which point a box 

 is located for mixing feed. 



Barn No. 2 consists en 

 tirely of box-stalls, made on 

 same plan as those described, 

 and open into the yards to the south; it is 16 feet high at eaves, with loft for fodder. Barn 



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