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stables, piggery, &c., that tbe liquid manure 

 should deliver itself above the top of the heap 

 of dung, compost, weeds, &c., wliich should be 

 placed ready to absorb the liquid manure in a 

 receptacle liollowed out and prepared for the 

 purpose, and roofed over." 



To evince our estimate of the importance of this 

 subject, and that the Publishers of this journal in 

 their liberality, restrain us in nothing wfiick 

 -maybe deemed useful to Us patrons, the plan 

 of Mr. Wilkinson's barn, and appendages, has 

 been illustrated. We understand it has met the 

 approbation of the State Society, but we offer it 

 to speak for itself. 



Those, if any, who think it deficient in princi- 

 ple or details, will soon have an opportunity of 

 displaying their taste in attempts at a better one. 

 IVe are authorized by the Publishers of the 



Farmers' Library aw<Z MoNTHLy Journal 



OF Agriculture to offer a piece of plate (val- 

 ue %Z's) with suitable inscriptions, for the best 

 plan, with all the requisite drawings for a Farm 

 House and Buildings, to be adapted to the 

 Eastern, the Middle aad the Southern portions 

 and products of the Union. This general 

 notice may suffice until, in the next num- 

 ber, a more particular specification may be 

 given. 



They will offer, also, a handsome piece of 

 plate of like value for the best essay on the Nat- 

 ural History of the Tobacco plant and its en- 

 tomological enemies, to be accompanied with a 

 drawing and a dissertation on the culture and 

 curing of the plant. The same as to Hemp, 

 Hops, Ric3 and the Sugar-Cane. 



DESCRIPTION OF WILKINSON'S PLAN OF FARM-BARN, SHED, &c. 



[See Diagram at the commencement of this Number.] 



Fig. 1. Elevated View. 



Fig. 2. Plan of Lower Floor. 



Fig. 3. Plan of Upper Floor. 



DESCRIPTION OF FIRST FLOOR, FIG. 2. 



First Floor.— A, The North Shed, 26 by 80 feet. 1, 

 1, 1, An Alley 5 feet' wide, leading from the basement 

 of the bam to the cattle stable. 2, A Straw Bay, 21 by 

 18 feet, open to the threshing and cleaning tioor and 

 barn-yard through the door a. 3, 3, 3, &c. Cattle- 

 Stalls, 5 by 11 feet, separated by double partitions, 

 with a door the whole width of each. 4, A space 12 

 by 21 feet, with high half-doors, in which to diive 

 with leads of hay to till the loft over the cattle stable ; 

 likewise to be used as a CalfPen; having nearly its 

 whole area exposed to the sun, when the upper doors 

 are open. 5, 5, Open Shed, containing 480 sqtiare 

 feet. 6, 6, 6, &c. Box-Mangcr.s for hay, 2 by 3 feet 

 7, 7, 7, &c. Boxes for roots and grain, 2 by 2 feet. 



B, The Ground Floor of the Bam. 1, Grain Clean- 

 ing fioor, 22 by 30 feet. 2, Granary. 3, Vegetable 

 Cellar, 18 by 22 feet ; -svith three trap-doors in the 

 second floor over it into which to tip the roots or veg- 

 etables in separate bins. 4. Cistern, 12 by 16 feet, 

 from which the water is drawn by a two-inch iron 

 pipe nmning through the east wall of the cistern and 

 the siding ot the bam, the outlet of which is about 

 18 inches from the ground by the side of the barn 

 where it falls into a large trough for watering the cat- 

 tle in the yard, or the water might be conveyed by 

 means of a pipe to all the stalls of the stables if pre- 

 fen-ed. The water escapes by Hfting a valve perpen- 

 dicularly oft' from the end of the pipe by means of 

 a cord running to various parts of the barn, in order 

 tliat the water can be drawn from the cistem at any 

 time from any part of the bam. The bottom of the 

 cistern is a little above the floors of the basement, so 

 as to have but one pipe to draw oft" all the water 

 when the cistem is to be cleaned. The pipe is laid 

 in the cuiTcnt in the bottom of the cistem until it 

 reaches the lowest place in the bottom, where it has 

 a right-angle elbow ; thence running perpendicular 

 to the surface of the bottom, where the end of pipe 

 is squared or trued by tiliug, so that a leathered 

 leiiden valve will make a waterjoint. 5, Hall, 4 by 



16 feet. 6, Carriage House, 27 by 30 feet. 7, Stairs 

 leading fiom cleaning to threshing floor. 8, Stairs 

 from lower hall to second floor. 



C, The East Shed, 26 by 62. 1, 1. Alley leading 

 from bara-yard to front of cattle stalls. 2, 2, 2, &c. 

 Cattle-Stalls, 5 by 11 feet, with door the whole width 

 of the stalls. 3, 3, 3, &c. Box-Mangers for cattle, 2 by 

 3 feet. 4, Boxes for roots and grain, 2 by 2 feet. 5, 

 Open Shed, containing 350 square feet. 6, Entrance 

 to Henery. 7, Stairs, 3 feet wide, leading from car- 

 riage house and stable to the Hay Loft, 8, Entrance 

 to Harness Closet under the stau'S. 9, Platform to 

 place the measure on, under a leader from the grain 

 bin in the hay loft. 10. 10, 10, &c. Horse Stalls, 6 feet 

 wide, with semi-circular racks for hay. 11, Horse 

 Stalls, and house for lumber wagon only. 12, Doors 

 by which to enter from either way with a wagon, or 

 to drive through. 13, Trap-Door to Vault for horse 

 manure. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE SECOND OR UPPER FLOOR, 

 FIG. 3. 



A, The North Shed. &, A door through which to 

 throw the straw from the tln-eshing floor 2. into the 

 Straw Bay. B, Landing of stairs liom the Straw Bay 

 to Hay Loft. C, An open space that may be used for 

 mow room, after the shed is flUed, by placing pcles 

 across from mow to mow. It may be filled from the 

 upper half-doors G. 



B, The Bam. 1. Crib Floor, 3 by 30 feet. 2, The 

 Threshiua:, gi-ated cleaning floor, 22 by 30 feet. 3, 

 Grain and Hay floor, 27 by 30 feet. 4. Mow, 27 by 30 

 feet. 5 and 6, Stairs leading to the lower floor. A, a, 

 A, Trap-Doors over Vegetable Cellar. C, Trap-Door 

 to enter the Cistem. E, lYap-Door over tlie lower 

 hall. The object of this trap-door is to drop the fod- 

 der tiom the bam floor, or larpe mow over carriage 

 house, into the lower hall, to be foddered in the yard 

 without exposing it to be trodden under foot by the 

 cattle in the yard. This floor is on a level with the 

 ground on its westeiTi entrance. 



C, The East Shed. D, An open space, the same as 

 in the north shed. E, The landing of the Stairs from 

 the wagon house and stable below. F, Oat-Bin in 

 the hay-loft. H, H, Hay-Loft, 26 by 62 feet. 



