056 THE AMERICAN FARMER. 



No. 3 is 40 by 80 feet, 26-feet posts, with 96 feet extension to the south, all boxes, the same as 

 described. The single stalls are 5 feet wide, and made on the usual plan, with plank floors; 

 hay being fed in shoots from above. The upper part is reached by an embankment and 

 bridge. A hay-carrier is also rigged in it, door opening to the north. Large feed-bins are 

 located over north end of the alley, where water is marked; a mixing-box, filled from spouts 

 from bins, is placed beside the hydrant. No. 4 is an open shed facing south, with yard in 

 front. 



No. 5 is 50 by 100 feet; stone basement; the walls 26 inches on the bottom and 16 

 inches on top. The building rests entirely on the outside walls. The sills are 8 by 10 inches; 

 the posts 20 feet long, and about 14 feet apart. The girts are 6 by 6 inches, and 4 feet apart. 

 The roof is a truss-roof of the strongest kind. (See perspective view for location of win 

 dows, cupola, etc.) The boarding is of the best dressed and matched flooring. On the north 

 side and center is a cutting-room, 20 by 24 feet, the cutter standing on a level with the 

 second floor (see view). The basement is divided by three 6-foot alleys, running north and 

 south, connected by one 4-foot alley running east and west along the north side. On each 

 side of each alley are four box-stalls, about 12 by 14 feet, with plank partitions 5 feet high, 

 and doors opening from one to the other, to the outside. Hay comes from the third story 

 through shoots opening into the alley, and is fed in mangers. 



The second floor is divided entirely into single stalls, as will be seen on the plans; an 

 alley in front of each row for feeding grain and watering. Hay comes from above in shoots, 

 as in the other stalls. The floors are 2 -inch matched planks, tarred, and then covered with 

 paper (two thicknesses); on top of this are laid 3 -inch planks boiled in oil, and keyed together 

 every five feet. Between the two floors is an iron gutter, just at the back end of the stalls, 

 with iron outlets running down the basement into the ground for drainage. The stalls are 

 5^ feet in the clear, and the partitions are 3-inch planks, doweled together, 4^ feet high, and 

 the front rises in an oval shape and is barred. The stall-posts are 6 by 6-inch oak; 3 by 12- 

 inch joists run from the stall-posts to the outside of the building, and 2-inch matched planks 

 are used for the floor above, so that the space over the horses heads is perfectly smooth. The 

 ceiling over the floor back of the horses is 12 feet high and 20 feet wide, with a 14-foot slide 

 door at each end. Over each stall is a finished panel, set with pictures of Percheron horses. 

 The stalls and ceiling are painted in nicely-contrasting colors. 



The entire water system is supplied from a 2,000-barrel reservoir or cistern, constructed 

 on a hill 60 feet higher than the barns, and 100 rods away, built of stone laid in cement, and 

 completely covered from the frost. The water is forced into this reservoir by wind-power, 

 and is drawn by a 2^-inch main to the buildings, and distributed through them by 1 and 

 and 1-inch pipes, laid 5 feet under ground. 



The wagon-house has a self-supporting roof, and the entire front is composed of sliding 

 doors. Carriage-houses and straw-sheds are ordinary frames. All the yards are graded and 

 graveled in such a manner that they are perfectly free from mud at all times of the year. 



The arrangement of the yards can be seen from the diagram. All the manure, except 

 from barn No. 1 , goes to the elevated track indicated, and in winter is dumped into wagons 

 and hauled out. The total length of front shown in the diagram is 600 feet. 



Cattle Barn. The following is a description by Prof. Beal of the cattle barn on the 

 grounds of the State Agricultural College, at Lansing, Michigan: It is a side-hill barn, 40 by 

 60 feet, with the end to the south, at which are double doors, and on each side of these, near 

 the corners, are 4-foot doors for the passage of the cattle. The central alley is 1 2 feet wide, 

 the floor of which, and that of the stalls on each side, are all tarred and placed upon a grout 

 bottom, so that there can be no rat-holes beneath. The stalls for the cattle extend along on 

 each side of this central alley. The earth being banked against the outer walls of the apart 

 ment for roots, prevents freezing; and the room for mixing the feed is partly protected in 

 the same way. 



