Y83 BOONE COUNTY, MISSOURI. 



joined a shed twenty feet wide, except on the bank side, mak- 

 ing a basement sixty by ninety-two feet, which is divided into 

 such apartments as the stock require. Water is supplied by 

 means of pipes as mentioned, and at as many places in the 

 building as may be required. The upper story is reached by a 

 driveway, on the bank side, to a floor which extends through 

 the center of the upper story, on either side of which is a mow 

 for storing hay. The hay is handled with a horsefork and car- 

 rier, and can be elevated to any desired hight. My grain bins 

 are on the upper floor, and the grain is conducted below by 

 means of spouts. 



The next building is the horse barn, with sheep and calf 

 apartments attached. The main building is forty by sixty 

 feet, with outside posts eighteen feet high, which give ample 

 loft room for hay, straw and sheaf oats. A horse fork and 

 carrier is used to fill the loft with hay. There are twelve 

 single stalls, each five feet wide, provided with large feed box 

 and access to hay chute. These chutes extend from the 

 manget to the upper story, where they are filled with hay, 

 which runs down as it is used below. One supplies two stalls, 

 and it is the most convenient and economical way of feeding 

 hay to horses I have yet seen. 



This apartment I have provided with a good two-inch 

 floor, the stall floor being slightly elevated and inclined, so as 

 to facilitate drainage and cleaning. The accompanying plan 

 explains the ground floor of the whole building. 



The upper part of A is a hay loft, and the upper part of 

 B and C is divided into workshop and storeroom for sheaf oats, 

 which reach No. 7 by a chute, and straw for bedding. 



As no provision is made in this building for grain, except 

 sheaf oats and ground feed, I erected a granary but a few feet 

 away, which is rat proof, and arranged for all kinds of grain. 

 It is twenty by thirty feet, with ten feet outside posts, and has 

 a tight floor of yellow pine. The entire building stands on 

 piers three feet high, thus making a good shelter for hogs under 

 the building. 



My farm is provided with several cow and sheep sheds in 



