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The Country House 



Stall room of stable at Newburgh, N. Y., showing box and ordinary stalls 



The drying platform, intended for the drying of bedding, should be located 

 on the south side, be open to light and air, and at the same time be handy to the 



stall room. It is 

 constructed of plank 

 slats, about 4 inches 

 wide, spaced about 

 i^ inches apart, 

 which allows a free 

 circulation of air 

 through the bed- 

 ding. 



With the possi- 

 ble exception of a 

 certain place of 

 which we have heard 

 much, and which is 

 reputed to embody 

 the major part of 

 the great hereafti-r, 

 the ordinary hayloft 

 in summer is the 

 hottest spot existing. 

 For this reason it 



should be as well ventilated as possible. The hay should be handy to the chutes 

 and may occupy part of the space above the stall room. Grain chutes should be 

 of tin or tin lined, and the latter treatment should be applied to the hay chutes. It 

 is important that all chutes be provided with metal-lined, hinged covers. Dust 

 is thus shut off from the stall room, and the risk attending the open flue in case of 

 fire in a large measure obviated. 



If one is obliged to depend on that probable ancestor of the modern cereal, 

 called "baled hay," a hay pole should be provided for. It is essential that it be 

 placed high enough from the hayloft floor to allow of a free working of the hoisting 



tackle. Even if the 

 tackle works free of 

 interference of the 

 blocks, their near- 

 ness hinders the 

 swing necessary to 

 the easy entering of 

 the aforesaid 

 "cereal" through 

 the loft door. 



If one has the 

 necessary funds to 



expend on the stable, let him construct a rat-proof grain room. It should be 

 located over the stall room, and in any event be fitted with tin-lined bins. 



Barn and poultry house at Chestnut Hill, Mass. 



