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DESIGV FOR A CHEAP AND C0M5I0DI0US STABLE. 



A CHEAP AND COMMODIOUS STABLE. 



Messrs. Editors: — Having noticed for some time 

 back that our agricultural journals, with very few ex- 

 ceptions, give nothing in the shape of stable plans, 

 except those which are too expeosiv^e for the farmer 

 in moderate circumstances to erect, I have been in- 

 duced to send you the enclosed plan of a plaiu and 

 convenient stable, which, as far as cheapness is con- 

 cerned, can be erected by almost any farmer. Al- 

 though I do not claim for it anything oq the score of 

 beauty, yet it has a snug and comfortable look, and, 

 if erected in accordance with the plan, will not fail 

 to give the animals occupying it the comfort and 

 convenience they require. 



The main building, containing the stable, grain 

 and harness rooms, is twenty-five feet square, and 



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ten feet in height It contains two single stalls, each 

 five feet wide, and two double stalls, each seven and 

 a half feet wide. The grain room, B, is seven feet 

 square, and is lighted by a window opening into the 

 stable, A. The harness room, C, is about the same 

 size, and is lighted by a window in front. It has a 

 door opening into the stable, and also one commu- 

 nicating with the carriage house, D. The carriage 

 house is sixteen feet in length, nine feet in width, 

 and tea in height, and will hold two carriages, (as 



many as the generality of farmers keep.) It is lighted 

 by two windows on the side. Back of the carriage 

 house is a stable for cattle, E, eighteen feet in length, 

 and the same in width and height as the carriage 

 house. It has a door leading into the barn-yard, and 

 also one into the horse stable. It is divided into four 

 stalls, each four and a half feet wide; or it can be 

 used as a work-shop, or storage room for machinery, 

 &c. The loft above the stable is six feet at the eaves, 

 and twelve at the ridge. 



The stable is constructed of wood. Over each 

 crack a long slat is nailed, which effectually keeps 

 out all cold winds. The large doors of the stable 

 are hung upon iron rollers, which are fastened to the 

 top and bottom of the door. Those at the top are 

 constructed so that the wheels project from the door, 

 and rest on a long beam fastened to the front of the 

 barn. The lower wheels run on a groove, just below 

 the surface of the ground. The doors move right 

 and left, and thus there is no need of the long movea- 

 ble pole which is generally placed in the centre of the 

 doorway to fasten the doors to, and which is so un- 

 handy to use. When the doors are opened, there is 

 no slamming together by the wind. The other doors 

 can be hung in this manner, or in the old way, as 

 suits the taste of the builder. J. F. F. 



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CTJLTTJEE OF BUCKWHEAT. 



Messrs. Editors: — This is the month to sow buck- 

 wheat, and, as it is much sought after during the win- 

 ter months as a luxury, I think farmers will do well 

 to cultivate a portion, however small, of their foul 

 meadows, &c., with this grain. It will perform a 

 treble duty. In the first place, we raise it as much 

 for the crop, as any other which we grow. Next — a 

 great desideratum — it will subdue blue grass, or other 

 foul grasses, more effectually than any other means, in 

 the same space of time. Wire worms will evacuate 

 the premises on the first assault from it, and we can 

 plant or sow any crop after buckwheat without fear 

 of molestation from them, at least for a few seasons. 

 It also leaves the land in fine tilth — more so, perhaps, 

 than any other crop. These qualities, I think, are 

 worth all the trouble and cost, even if we get a light 

 yield. 



Buckwheat is excellent for breakfast cakes, par 



