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to thresh out from five hundred to eight hundred bushels can 

 be stored in this building. 



I am aware that this plan is open to criticism, from the fact 

 that considerably less lumber and shingles would be required to 

 inclose the same amount of space if the building was made 

 more nearly square ; but I think that this objection is more 

 than overbalanced by the fact that much heavier timber would 

 be needed in the square barn, and that a barn such as shown 

 in our engraving furnishes good protection to the barn-yard, 

 and enables the farmer of small means to build at different 

 times. When the right-angle barn is built, it is best to locate 

 the stables in the corner where the wings join, so that food can 

 be easily taken from either wing The stables may face each 

 other, and the stock feed from a floor some two feet higher 

 than the floor of the stable, as this is much more convenient 

 than to crowd the hay or fodder into a manger. When the 

 single building is to be used as barracks for storing grain, I 

 would divide into three parts, two fifteen feet wide, and a mid- 

 dle space twelve feet wide, and hang doors, so as to have a 

 drive-way through the center. The bays can first be filled on 

 either side, and afterwards, if the space should be needed, the 

 drive-way. 



Approaches. I advise that the barn-yard be always so 

 located that there will be no necessity of passing through it to 

 reach the stable. If it is not convenient to locate the barn-yard 

 at the rear, so that you can enter the stable from the opposite 

 side, fence off a passage-way between the stable and the barn- 

 yard, wide enough for a wagon-drive, and turn the stock across 

 this into the barn-yard. It is impossible to keep the approaches 

 to the barn clean if the stock is allowed to stand at the doors 

 tramping and dropping their dung. There is no reason why a 

 barn should not be so arranged that the farmer can reach it at 

 any time without soiling his boots. 



On many farms the barns afford sufficient room for storage, 

 but are deficient in stable room. Our engraving shows a cheap 

 and good method of attaching a shed to a barn. The posts which 

 you notice lean from the barn answer a threefold purpose. 



