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soinely liuislied ventilators, with Venetian blinds. Tlie cellar, 200 by 45 

 t'ect, is of good depth ; the walls are of split granite, pointed with cement. 

 Large wooden tubes pass from the cellar througii the roof, which effectually 

 carry off the heated foul air of the manure. From the south side of the cen- 

 ter of the barn described, a two-story building extends, south, 100 feet by 

 27. The upper part is used for storing hay, grain, straw, etc. ; the lower, 

 for calf-pens, store-rooms, and hospital for sick animals, with a nicely fitted 

 up room for the herdsman. The roof of this, like that of the large barn, is 

 nearly flat, tarred and graveled, and shingled upon the sides and ends, as is, 

 also, a new sheep-barn, built adjoining. This runs from the southeast cor- 

 ner of the large barn, 108 feet long by 43 wide. The drive-way floor of 

 this is 17 feet wide, so tliat two teams can stand abreast, and at the south 

 end the floor is wide enough to allow the turning about of the team, so that 

 the o.xen passing out go before the cart, instead of the cart going out first — 

 for the south end is not graded up so as to admit of driving through, as in 

 the large barn. 



Another addition was planned, that is, a long shed, extending from the 

 southwest corner of the barn 100 feet. This will give two barn-yards of 

 about 100 feet square each, well sheltered, all but the south, with both yards 

 well supplieil with water. 



As the Shakers are famous for good barns, we shall give the description 

 of another one of theirs. We have great confidence in the economy of the 

 form of the one next described, as well as its great convenience. 



321. A Circular Barili — The Shakers of Berkshire County, Mass., have a 

 barn that is worthy the attention of farmers who are contemplating the 

 erection of barns upon a large scale. We should think that on some 

 accounts it would be a good form to erect upon large prairie farms. We 

 recommend its form for adobe buildings and concrete walls, as one best 

 adapted to withstand the force of hard storms, as well as the form most 

 economical for the room inclosed. The barn owned by the Shakers is 100 

 feet in diameter, built of stone — a material that is very abundant in that 

 part of Massachusetts. It is two stories high, the first one being only seven 

 and a half feet between floors, and containing stalls for seventy head of 

 cattle, and two calf stables. These stalls are situated in a circle next the 

 outer wall, with the heads of the animals pointing inward, looking into an 

 alley in which the feeder passes around in front of and looking into the face 

 of every animal. The circle forming the stable and alley-way is fourteen 

 feet wide, inside of which is the great bay. Over the stable and alley is 

 the threshing-floor, which is fourteen feet wide and about three hundred 

 feet long on the outer side, into which a dozen loads of hay may be hauled, 

 and all be unloaded at the same time into the bay in the center. There 

 should be a large chimney formed of timbers open in the center of such a 

 mass of hay, connecting with air tubes under the stable floor, extending out 

 to the outside of the building, and with a large ventilator in the peak of the 

 roof. We should also recommend an extension of the eaves beyond the 



