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" A brief example will show how the capacity of the barn may 

 "be accurately adapted to the size of the farm. 



" Suppose, for example, that the farm contains one hundred 

 " acres, of which ninety are good arable land ; and that one- 

 " third each are devoted to meadow, pasture, and grain. Ten 

 " acres of the latter may be corn, stored in a separate building. 

 " The meadow should afford two tons per acre, and yield sixty 

 "tons ; the sown grain, 20 acres, may yield a corresponding bulk 

 " of straw, or forty tons. The barn should, therefore, besides 

 *' other matters, have a capacity for one hundred tons, or over 

 " one ton per acre as an average. Allowing 500 cubic feet for 

 " each ton (perhaps 600 would be nearer) it would require a bay 

 " or mow 40 feet long and 19 feet wide for a ton and a half to 

 " each foot of depth. If twenty feet high, it would hold about 

 " thirty tons. If the barn were forty feet wide, with eighteen 

 " feet posts, and eight feet of basement, about forty-five tons 

 " could be stowed away in a bay reaching from basement to peak. 

 " Two such bays, or equivalent space, would be required for the 

 " products of ninety well-cultivated acres. Such a building is 

 " much larger than is usually allowed ; and yet without it there 

 " must be a large waste, as every farmer is aware who stacks his 

 " hay out ; or a large expenditure of labor in pitching and re- 

 *' pitching sheaves of grain in thrashing. 



" In addition to this, as we have already seen, there should be 

 " ample room for the shelter of domestic animals. In estimat- 

 " ing the space required, including feeding alleys, etc., a horse 

 " should have 75 square feet ; a cow 45 feet ; and sheep about 

 " 10 square feet each. The basement of a barn, therefore, 40 

 " by 75 feet in the clear, will stable 30 cattle and 150 sheep, and 

 " a row of stalls across one end will afford room for eight horses. 

 " The thirty acres each of pasture and meadow, and the ten 

 *' acres of corn-fodder, already spoken of, with a portion of grain 

 *' and roots, would probably keep about this number of animals, 

 " and consequently a barn with a basement of less size than 40 

 " by 75 would be insufficient for the complete accommodation of 

 " such a farm in the highest state of cultivation. 



