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Of one thing I am very sure ; many a farmer in this country 

 has detached barns and sheds which could not now be built for 

 $10,000, yet which, from their small size and disconnected location, 

 have much less capacity than the barn at Ogden Farm, and offer 

 few of its conveniences, while they include no provision for the 

 care of manure. 



A very good plan for a small barn, " for a farm of fifty acres or 

 less," is given in Thomas's Register of Rural Affairs, vol. iii., p. 

 129, which is here given with his own description : — 



"The plan here given is sufficient for a farm containing fifty 

 "acres under cultivation, and yielding good crops, with general 

 " or mixed husbandry. For special departments of farming, it 

 " must be modified to apply to circumstances. 



"Fig. 15 is a plan of the principal floor. Being built on a 

 " moderately descending side-hill, the thrashing floor is easily 

 " accessible through the wide doors on the further side, and the 



Fig. 14. — Perspective View. 



" wagon, when unloaded, is backed out. These doors should 

 " be each at least five feet wide, so as to give an opening of ten 

 " feet ; and about twelve feet high, to allow ample space to 

 *' drive in a load of hay. The door at the other end of the 

 " floor is about five feet wide, and is used for throwing out 

 *' straw. A narrow window on each side of this door, and one 

 " with a row of single horizontal lights over the large doors, 

 "keep the floor well lighted, when stormy weather requires the 

 " doors to be shut. 



