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" determine the amount of space, has already been pointed out. 

 " He should next make a list of the different apartments required, 

 " which he may select from the following, comprising most of 

 " the objects usually sought : — 



I. Bay or mow for hay. 8. Root cellar. 



a. Bay or mow for unthrashed grain. 9. Room for heavy tools and wagons. 



3. Bay or mow for straw. lO. Manure sheds. 



4. Thrashing floor. II. Granary. 



5. Stables for horses. 12. Harness room. 



6. Stables for cattle, and calf pens. 1 3. Cisterns for rain water. 



7. Shelter for sheep. 14. Space for horse-power. 



" If these are placed all on one level, care should be taken 

 " that those parts oftenest used should be nearest of access to 

 " each other ; and that arrangements be made for drawing with 

 " a cart or wagon in removing or depositing all heavy substances, 

 " as hay, grain, and manure. In filling the barn, for example, 

 " the wagon should go to the very spot where it is unloaded ; the 

 *' cart should pass in the rear of all stalls to carry off manure ; 

 " and if many animals are fed in stables, the hay should be carted 

 " to the mangers, instead of doing all these labors by hand. 



" If there are two stories in the barn, the basement should con- 

 " tain, — 



I. Stables for cattle. 4. Manure shed, 



a. Shelter for sheep. 5. Cistern. 



3. Root cellar. 6. Horse-power. 



7. Coarse-tool room. 



'' The second floor should contain, — 



I. Bays for hay and grain. 3. Stables for horses, 



a. Thrashing floor, 4. Granary. 



5. Harness room. 



" For three. stories, these should be so arranged that the base- 

 " ment may be similar to the two-story plan, and the second 

 '' story should contain, — 



1. Bay for hay, 3. Granary. 



2. Stables for horses. 4. Harness room. 



" The third or upper story, — 



1. Thrashing floor. 3. Bays for grain, including space over floor. 



2. Continuation of hay bay. 4. Openings to granary below. 



