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east line, twelve feet soiitli of the south partition line of the 

 wagon room, draw a line parallel to it, to the west wall line. 



Thirty-six feet of the east portion of this twelve feet division 

 will constitute the place for the cow stalls. Place the cribs with 

 their backs to the north line partition, placing the first crib 

 thirty-six feet from the east wall line, dividing them eastward, 

 giving four feet to each crib. 



From a point in the south line of the cow stalls, fourteen feet 

 east from the west wall line, draw a line parallel to it to the 

 south wall line. This enclosure, fourteen by twenty-four, will 

 constitute the place for the horse and ox stalls. Place the back 

 of their cribs to the west wall line, placing the horse stalls at 

 the north end of the apartment, two in number. The top of 

 the ox cribs will be under the shed roof. 



From this apartment make a door, four feet in width, in the 

 south wall line, placing the east jamb against the east or parti- 

 tion line. This door will open to the barn-yard. 



From a point on the south line of the cow stalls, ^twelve feet 

 west of the east wall line, draw a line to the south wall line. 

 Seven feet east of this line draw a parallel line from the cow 

 stalls to the south wall. Of this enclosed parallelogram, seven 

 by twenty-four, make twelve feet of the north part into a calf 

 pen. 



Twelve feet of the south end devote to swine. On the east 

 side of these apartments there will remain a passage, five by 

 twenty-four, running from the cow stalls, by the east wall line 

 to the south wall line. 



On the east wall line, two feet six inches south of the south 

 cow stall line, place the north jamb of a door, nine feet in width. 

 By it admit the cows from the stalls to the barn-yard. Also, 

 remove the calf pen, and you have admission to the manure 

 vault. 



The manure vault you have enclosed, on the south by the 

 south wall liiie, in the centre of which place a door, twelve feet 

 wide, as the common entrance to the vault. This door opens 

 direct into the barn-yar(i. On the west line of this vault are the 

 horse and ox stalls ; on the north, are the cow stalls ; on the east, 

 are the calf and pig pens. Make the bottom of this vault at least 

 four feet lower than the surrounding floors. On the west side 

 of this vault carry up a perpendicular face wall, from the bottom 



