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" The Piggery and Fowl-house is 25 X 50 feet, and opens directly 

 " into the yards ; /, /, /, /, hog pens, 10 x lO feet ; «, «, «, «, 

 " yards ; -y, -y, feeding alleys ; W is the main fowl room, with 

 " roosts ; x, laying room, separated from the roosting room by a 

 " movable partition. The nest-boxes are so arranged along the 

 " north side, that any one can be pushed into the hatching room 

 " {y) without disturbing the hen ; z is the room for fattening 

 " fowls in the autumn, or for any convenient purpose when not so 

 '' used. 



" Manure Sheds. — The wash of the Barn-yard runs in the 

 " direction of the arrows into the liquid manure cistern [J) from 

 " whence it can be pumped over the compost heaps, jB, 5, B^ B. 

 " The leaders from the barn roofs do not discharge into this 

 " cistern, bi*t may be turned into the -manure pits, when the 

 " manure gets too dry. The sheds are for carts, wagons, plows, 

 '' etc., also for absorbents and materials for composting to be used 

 " with the manure. 



" Explanation of Second Floor Plan. — ^, ^, a^ <?, as- 

 "cending roads; b^ carriage floor; r, tool-room; d^ workshop; 

 " ^, harness room for carriage harness, farm harness is kept in the 

 " stables behind the horses ; f^ place for horse-power ; ^, g^ g, g^ 

 " trap-doors to cellars ; h, cool room ; /', ice-house ; i, ^, k, bins 

 " in granary ; «, stairs to upper floor ; <?, ^, stairs from lower floor ; 

 *' /, /, feed shoots to grain boxes, (<?, in Fig. 20 ;) /w, sleeping room 



Fig. 12. — Section of Main Barn. 



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" for a man ; if not wanted as such it may be added to the 

 " granary. The dotted line p^ is a horizontal shaft, fixed close to 

 " the ceiling, and moved by steam or by horse-power. This 

 " works all the machinery used in the barn, the belts running to 

 " the cellar below, and to the thrashing floor above ; y, place 



