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Been any such in my visits there. Perhaps I had not 

 been in the oldest parts of the "old country." 



My principal cattle barns form three sides of an oblong 

 square with a southern exposure. 



The room one hundred feet by forty feet is eleven feet 

 high, and is lighted by eighteen large double-sashed win- 



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PLAN OF BARNS. 



dows, opening top and bottom. It contains stalls for 

 forty-eight cows, twelve in each of the four sections, so 

 that they have ample room, much more than is usually 

 allowed, but none too much in my opinion. There is a 

 free circulation of pure air, both the cow-room, and the 



