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*' with a pitch from the center to the two ends, and wooden 

 " spouts to take off the water from the roof, also at end of lean-to. 

 " All the outside doors have platforms in front as shown in ele- 

 ** vations." 



For poultry, animals sick with contagious diseases, and such 

 uses, small inexpensive buildings have been erected in the yard, 

 as remote as possible from the barn. The swine are kept 

 entirely in the manure cellar, being fed through a shoot from 

 the feeding floor. 



The entire cost of this barn, including the digging of the cellar, 

 materials and labor, and a liberal estimate for the cost of steam 

 and water-works, and a horse hay-fork, will not exceed $7,500, or 

 a yearly cost for interest, repairs, and insurance, of $700. It would 

 be difficult to estimate in figures the yearly va/ue of such a barn ; 

 but the perfect protection of all manure made, the sheltering of 

 fifty animals and of all the implements and vehicles required on 

 the farm, the saving of the labor of watering stock, the great 

 economy of such convenient feeding arrangements, a saving of 

 at least 30 per cent, of the food by steaming, (not in itself an ex- 

 pensive operation,) the ability of two men to cut a week's supply of 

 fodder in two hours by the aid of a steam-engine, the storage of 

 120 tons of hay, and the reduction of the labor of " soiling " to its 

 very lowest point, must be worth far more than $700 a year. 



The increased value of the manure alone, over that which lies 

 in an open barn-yard exposed to rain and sun, to " drenching and 

 bleaching," would go far toward making up the amount, which 

 is only $14 per annum for each animal accommodated. 



The barn is somewhat more expensive in the item of doors an- 

 windows than it would need to be if soiling were not intended. 

 For this, it is important to secure the most perfect ventilation in 

 warm weather, which is accomplished in the case in question by 

 the use of six doors, five feet wide, one door ten feet wide, ten 

 single windows, and one double one, and by very thorough ventila- 

 tion from above. 



The doors are all hung from the top on iron rails, and the single 

 ones close against stout jambs. 



