The stone wall at the east end of the cellar is carried up eighteen 

 feet to support the embankment made for the drive-wa}' into the 

 upper story and thus secures the roots from frost. The remainder 

 of the lower story is occupied by stalls for cattle. The bulls are 

 kept in box-stalls extending across the west end of the stable which 

 are twelve by ten feet ; the cows are secured by stanchions upon 

 platforms four and one-half feet wide ; the rest of the stock are 

 fastened with chains. There are four rows of stalls running across 

 the barn (north and south between windows). 



The three outside doors of this floor open on the south side of the 

 barn into a yard one hundred by seventy-five feet. This is sheltered 

 on the west by an ell containing a sheep-pen and cattle-shed." The 

 main entrance to the upper floor was at the east end with an exit at 

 the west. 



Jn 1870 the ell on the west side of the yard was destroyed by a gale 

 of wind. A year later this was replaced by a new building, with an 

 addition two stories high which extended across the south side of the 

 yard. At this time the east side of the yard was enclosed with a 

 tight board fence, five feet in height, which later on was removed to 

 make room for an engine-room and horse-barn, both two stories high. 



Some few years since, the building extending across the south side 

 of the yard was removed and a board fence put in its place. In 1887 

 the cellar was made water tight by cementing the bottom. With but 

 few alteiations this stable remained until destroyed by fire in June, 

 of 1894. 



This description has been given to show that the building was a 

 model for a stable at the time of its construction when nothing was 

 to be feared from tuberculosis. And if there is taken into consider- 

 ation only the economical use of space, storage of crops, and ease of 

 caring for the animals, it was a model ; but it was not a suitable 

 building from a sanitar}' point of view for the stabling of animals, 

 but one which offered favorable conditions for the spread of such a 

 disease as tuberculosis. 



The cellar was large, for the storage of manure, and water tight 

 to prevent los-s of fertilizing material by the escape of the urine. 

 While the report says "was well lighted and ventilated" the only 

 openings were the doors and two or three small windows on the north 

 and south sides which were always tightly closed in winter when the 

 stock was in the stable above and the needs of ventilation were 

 greatest. The ventilating shafts were constructed after the plan in 



