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*' the hay-shoot discharges, in front of which a door opens to 

 Fig. is.-Basement. " ^he shcd, for the ready feeding of an- 



"imals outside. The two inner stalls 

 " shut with gates, and serve for calf-pens 

 " when needed. Coarse implements, as 

 fe I " sleds in summer, and wagons and carts 

 " in winter, may occupy the inclosed space 



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" adjoining, entered by a common gate." 



For the very comprehensive requirements of a farm devoted 

 to "mixed husbandry," — when live stock, fruit, grain, etc., are 

 each to receive their share of attention, — I have seen no plan 

 for building a barn and sheds that seems so complete as that 

 prepared by Dr. Hexamer for the Agricultural Annual of 1867, 

 and which he describes as follows : — 



" Explanation of Ground Plan, — The Main Building^ 

 "50x80 feet, exclusive of the approach, contains ist. The 

 " Cook-room for boiling or steaming and preparing feed, which isglso 

 " a convenient place for butchering in winter ; <?, a^ are boxes, 

 " with inclined floors, for mixing cut feed ; c, c, c, r, are grain 

 " boxes, connected by shoots with the granary on the floor above, 

 " (see Fig. 21,) and capable of holding a week's supply of meal and 

 " grain ; ^ is a water-tank with penstock, or a cistern and pump ; 

 "// is a caldron ; ^, a hydrant for filling it ; f^ the chimney ; ^, ^, 

 *' stairs to second story. 2d. The Root-cellar^ which is divided 

 *' into four bins filled through trap-doors from the floor above ; 

 "Z>, ^, are ventilators running to the roof; next this is the The 

 *' Fruit-cellar^ and beyond this /', the cider press ; k^ place for 

 *' coopering, cleaning barrels, etc. ; m^ a vault under the approach 

 " to the third floor, intended for an ice-house, but which may be 

 " used as a cellar, or very well as an engine-house, detached from 

 *' the barn and made fire-proof; /, cool cellar for hanging meats; 

 " «, «, «, «, descending planes from second story ; <?, 0, ascend- 

 " ing planes from cellar. 



