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this circular railway ; that hay and straw from shoots above connect with 

 the same, and can be taken to all parts right and left. A. large part of 

 the manure can also be taken to yard by car, in addition to water and any 

 form of material. The fourth section is the root and feed stores, with 

 water fn>m a well for general use easily approached from all quarters. 

 lit, if required at any particular point, may be secured easily, as shown 

 in section ; ventilation is abundant with all the roads, and may be added 

 to by over-head traps to any of the sections, as example at A on section of 

 horse stable. The liquid from manure and all the stables is collected in 

 tanks, so as to be entirely withdrawn or redistributed over the pile. Rain- 

 water from the roof also is stored underground, to be utilized for any pur- 

 pose. The entrance to the barn slopes from the ground level of outside 

 wall to the centre being an easy ascent of one in five. The conduction 

 of light from the window dome is a special feature that, in a smaller 

 building, may not be necessary, but here of importance, especially as it is 

 of some practical value to form the intersection of the cross-roads where 

 the weighscale stands into a show ring, where, for example, a purchaser 

 can examine any animal on a wet day. This show ring could be extended 

 to thirty-five feet in diameter. 



On landing in the barn from the sloping roadway, the horses and wag- 

 gon can be driven all round between the mows there being a centre and 

 one side mow, that can be made into many divisions. Two granaries take 

 up part of the outside mows, and the space above all, right up to the roof, 

 is ample for large quantities of hay and straw ; indeed, the waggon- way 

 itself could, in a press, be utilized for storage. 



If it is imperative that the manufacturer should have extensive and 

 gkilfally designed buildinga and machinery, it is equally necessary that 

 the farmer who is determined to keep abreast of the times should have 

 fcuits of farm buildings which will enable him to economise on all hands. 



Model Farm Buildings in mixed husbandry should possess, an. 

 other main -SM ntials 



Ample accommodation. 

 Permanency. 



I-i.^ht und-r regulation. 



Ventilation under regulation. 

 1 train* 



Isolate. 1 hospital for sick animals. 

 Carpenter's shop. 

 Water, hard and soft. 



