AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING. 



16C 



INTERIOR DIMENSIONS OF FARM BUILDINGS. 



(McCONNELL.) 



Height. 



Barn 



" (straw) 



Cattle feeding-boxes, double 



" " " single. 



Cattle-sheds, for each animal 



Cart-sheds, etc., each arch 



Cow-stable, for each cow, double 



" " " " single 



Dairy 



Fold -yards, for each animal 



Granary 



Hospital 



Manure-house 



Pigsties, for each 3 animals 



Poultry-house 



Root-house 



Stable, for each horse 



Workshop 



General dimensions of other apartments 



6J ft. allowed to the length of the stable for each horse in it 

 and 7 or 8 ft. for every pair of cows in cow-stable. Horses 

 must each have 1200 cu. ft. of space, and cattle 800 cu. ft., 

 where stalled in stables. Cattle-boxes to be sunk 2 ft. below 

 surface and raised by a dwarf wall i ft. above. Cattle-folds 

 and sheds should have a length of 5 ft. for every animal they 

 are intended to contain; when covered, 150 sq. ft. allowed to 

 every head. The pigsties have small open areas attached to 

 each. 



RECIPE FOR WHITEWASH. 



Slake half a bushel of unslaked lime with boiling water, 

 cover during the process to keep in steam, strain the liquid 

 through a fine sieve or strainer, and add to it a peck of 

 salt, previously dissolved in warm water, three pounds of 

 ground rice boiled to a thin paste and stirred in while hot, 

 half a pound of Spanish whiting, and one pound of clear 

 glue, previously dissolved by soaking in cold water and 

 then hanging over a slow fire in a small pot hung in a larger 



