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hay and grain are to be stored, instead of build- 

 ing a wagon house, the main barn might be 

 extended twenty feet, more or less, in length. 

 This additional room may be used for carriages 

 and light harness in part, and in part for the 

 storage of grain, meal, and the like. The space 

 underneath this room would serve to enlarge the 

 cow stable. The place for washing carriages 

 might also be located on the lower floor,, where 

 it would serve for storing the milk wagon as 

 well, and the space above it could be devoted to 

 storing hay and the like. Barn windows should 

 have small panes of glass, as the cross bars of 

 the windows serve not only to hold the glass but 

 as fenders also. Since the glass in barn win- 

 dows is likely to be broken, the cost of repairs 

 is reduced to a minimum if the panes are small. 



A cupola, if it is large and well proportioned, 

 may add beauty to the barn and serve to venti- 

 late the mows, thereby making them cooler for 

 the workmen than they otherwise would be. It 

 may also give opportunity for lighting the mows 

 and the floors, thereby avoiding the necessity of 

 windows at the side of the mows, where they are 

 likely to be broken and where they are covered 

 as soon as the barn is partly filled. 



Hay and grain contain 20 to 25 per cent 

 of moisture when stored, and hence tend to 

 become warm. The iiot, moist air, due to 



