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" In all cases there should be ventilators, shoots for hay, lad- 

 " ders to ascend bays, and stairs to reach quickly every part ; 

 " besides which every bin in the granary should be graduated 

 *' like the chemists' assay-glass, so that the owner may by a 

 " glance at the figures marked inside, see precisely how many 

 *' bushels there are within. A blackboard should be in every 

 '' granary, for marking or calculating ; one in the stable, to 

 '^ receive directions from the owner in relation to feeding, or 

 " keeping accounts of the same ; and a third should face the 

 " thrashing floor, for recording any results." 



So much for barns. I have used all the space that can be de- 

 voted to the subject in a work having the wide range which 

 this has ; yet I have hardly done more than to introduce the 

 subject in its more important aspect, and have attempted only to 

 enlist the interest of the reader, and, by showing him what others 

 have done or described, to induce him, if he have need for a barn 

 on his own farm, to give the subject, (which is more fully treated 

 in other publications,) the fullest attention, and to study well the 

 requirements of his own particular case. 



Other farm buildings will be considered in connection with the 

 particular branches of industry to which they belong : corn-cribs, 

 with corn culture, for example ; poultry houses with poultry, &c. 

 In conclusion, I would say that I have found it to be to my own 

 advantage, and am sure that other farmers would find it to theirs, 

 to employ a competent architect to make complete plans of the 

 whole work before commencing operations. It saves material, 

 saves time, and saves the cost and annoyance of many alterations, 

 which are sure to suggest themselves during the progress of the 

 work, unless the details have been previously studied out as they 

 only can be with the assistance of complete drawings made to a 

 scale. 



BARN-YARDS. 



The barn-yard must necessarily be regulated by the character 

 of the land on which, largely for other considerations, it has been 

 found necessary to locate the buildings, yet it should have its due 

 weight in determining the location. 



