FENCES AND FARM BUILDINGS. (55 



" Make first floor gangway, front half of cow stalls, five feet 

 '' out from the side walls, and floor of horse stable of 2-inch plank 

 " matched with splines. Cover the rest of first floor with 2x3 

 *' joist one inch apart and spiked down. 



" In the stable floor and back of the horses there will be a gutter 

 " with a pitch to the west, to take the water to the manure pit. 



" Cover second story floor with 2-inch plank, matched with 

 " splines and spiked to floor beams. The flooring to be notched 

 *' for posts and studs, and to fit up close to outer boarding. 



" All the windows are to have plain cases. They will be glazed 

 '' with ordinary 8x10 glass. Besides the number of windows 

 '' shown in the plan there will be one of the same size in each peak. 



" All doors not otherwise described will be hung with rollers at 

 ** the top, and the frames of sliding doors will be of 2-inch plank. 



" Fit up the horse stables with permanent partitions the whole 

 '' height of the story, making the stall divisions of the usual height. 

 *' Close the mangers up at the bottom and in front up to the ceil- 

 " ing. In the center there will be an opening, horse-collar shape, 

 " with a cast-iron rim, and the bottom of mangers will be covered 

 " with sheet zinc. 



" From gangway on second floor there will be covered openings 

 " to let down feed into the mangers. 



" Opposite the horse stable there will be an ox stable as shown 

 " on plan, fitted with a permanent partition, and to have openings 

 *' on gangway for feeding. 



" On the second floor there will be permanent partitions set and 

 " ceiled on one side and overhead with |-inch matched spruce. 

 " The doors will all be battened, and that to the chamber will have 

 " a lock and catch. 



" The hatches on both floors will be hung on hinges and will 

 " each have a ring and staple flushed in. 



" Over the hatches there will be an eye secured to the ridge- 

 " board for a fall. 



" There will be a bridge to floor of second story, made of 

 "8x8 chestnut sleepers, and covered with 3-inch plank. 

 "On each side of main" building there will be eave troughs. 



