668 THE AMERICAN FARMER 



be provided with a strong lock. For the sake of convenience in getting wagons in and oul 

 of the building, the latter should be elevated but a little above the surface of the ground 

 Some wagon-sheds are left open in front, but it is much better to have them made tight bj 

 doors, thus keeping out the rain, snow, and dust. 



The building and doors should be made sufficiently high to permit a high carriage tc 

 pass in and out without letting down the top. A low building that will not admit of this, 

 is a perfect nuisance, as well as a small building that has not sufficient room to store all the 

 wagons, or to get them in and out without great inconvenience. Better, by far, make the 

 building too large than too small, and if there is a surplus of room it can be readily appro 

 priated to other uses. A good wagon-jack is a great convenience in every building where 

 wagons and carriages are stored. 



Wood-House. A convenient place for the storage of fuel is a necessity on every 

 farm. It should be located near the kitchen, and be easy of access from that quarter. If 

 practicable, it should be reached without going out of doors. In any case, it should be near 

 the house. Sometimes a portion of the back part of the dwelling is finished off for this pur 

 pose. Its size should be sufficient to hold considerably more wood than would be needed by 

 the family in one year. It should be provided with a good floor, that the wood need not be 

 put upon the ground. There should be a loft over the wood-house, which may be reached 

 by stairs. This will be found very convenient for the storage of many things. Such places 

 are always available for some purpose, on any farm. The building should be tightly boarded 

 and provided with windows sufficient to make it conveniently light. The front of the building 

 should contain large doors, which may be made to slide on rollers, or hung on hinges. The 

 wood should never be piled higher than can be conveniently reached while standing on the 

 floor. 



Store-House. A building for the storage of various products is a great convenience 

 on any farm, large or small, while on a large farm it is not only a convenience but a necessity. 

 Such a structure will furnish a place for the storage, ripening, and curing of fruit in the 

 autumn, the drying of nuts and garden seeds, the storage of roots until cold weather, and 

 other purposes too numerous to mention. It should be located near the house, and be closely 

 boarded, well lighted and ventilated. The door should be large, and provided with 

 a strong lock to keep out intruders. It should be supplied with convenient bins, and 

 room for the storage of barrels, which should always be kept clean. Shelves should always 

 be placed against the walls. If designed for ripening pears, a dark place will be essential 

 for this purpose; hence, a dark room, or a large dark closet with shelves against the wall, 

 will be found essential, as pears require a dark place for ripening well. 



Such a building should be built sufficiently high above the ground to prevent dampness, 

 and the floors should be made very tight also, for the same purpose. A store-room should 

 always be kept as cool and dry as possible. The underpinning of the building should be so 

 constructed as to admit of a free circulation of air, which will aid greatly in preventing 

 dampness. The size of such a building should be adapted to the size and productiveness of 

 the farm. 



Tool-House and Repair-Shop. There should be a place on every farm for the 

 storage of tools and farm machines, as well as the repairing of them. On small farms the 

 wagon -house may serve for this purpose, in connection with the storage of carts and Wagons; 

 but on large farms, the many farm implements that are essential in conducting the business 

 will necessitate a separate building or department for this purpose. The negligent and waste 

 ful practice followed by some farmers of permitting the farm machines to lie in the open field 

 exposed to the storms, year after year, is one not to be commended. Reapers, mowers, hay- 

 tedders, plows, harrows, grain-drills, etc., are injured more by this means than by their use 



