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floor of which is two feet higher than that upon which we 

 stand. 



Now for proposition first: with regard to keeping the hay. 

 What is required in regard to keeping the hay ? We suppose 

 the requisites will be, 1st, convenience of storage ; 2d, a good, 

 well-covered barn ; and 3d, proper ventilation. 



First, let us consider convenience of storage. That the storage 

 room is clear and spacious we can observe at a glance, and, 

 what is very desirable in the haste of storing, that much of the 

 pitching of the hay is down, and not up, and that all the room 

 is most convenient of access. The size of the storage rooms (of 

 the plan) is thirty-four by fifty. 



We suppose a good covering for a barn to be, first, a good 

 quality of boards ; and next, a good covering of shingles and 

 clapboards, the clapboards to be well painted, of course. 



The next requisite is, good ventilation. We have drawn a 

 cupola, or ventilator, on the top ; and we propose glazed windows, 

 for the purpose of sight-seeing, and to protect from the weather ; 

 and also to protect tlie windows with blinds, so that if tlie window 

 is left ajar for ventilation, the falling rain may not so imme- 

 diately and copiously enter and defeat the intention of ventilation. 



The next proposition to consider is, the comfort of the crea- 

 tures. They too must be conceded to demand good protection 

 from the inclement weather, and good ventilation. This we 

 think we have attained by placing the cow, horse and ox stalls 

 on the floor below ; the cow stalls being ranged immediately 

 under the threshing floor, or floor for bringing in hay, from 

 which the hay is to be let down to the cows. The horse and ox 

 stalls are ranged at a right angle with the cow stalls, at the 

 farther end of the barn, and at the left hand from where we first 

 entered. The horses, it will be seen, may stand on the ground. 

 We propose to mention here, as being conducive to the comfort 

 of the cattle, three original improvements which are proposed 

 to that end. We will notice first, an adjustable platform for 

 cows or oxen to stand or repose upon. These platforms may 

 be so adjusted at pleasure as to accommodate the length of the 

 creature. Second, a new mode of forming the crib, which, in 

 our plan, extends to the upper floor and one foot or more above. 

 It may also be fitted with a covering for the creature's head, 

 and a partition to convey the feed down if desired. The mode 



