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the most thorough manner, but lacking the 

 proper ventilation, where the timbers over the 

 cellar have become so weakened and dead in 

 a few years as to snap square off like pipe 

 stems, and the shingles of the roof flying by 

 dozens at every fresh gust of wind. 



The plan presented above seems to come 

 nearer to the wants of the farmer, where he 

 must build on level ground, than any plan we 

 have ever seen. It has this merit, also, that 

 a cheap barn may as well be constructed in 

 this manner as an expensive one. 



The drive way for the hay barn is on the 

 south side, throughout the length of the barn, 

 having a bay for hay 24 feet deep ; height of 

 posts 19 feet. The scaffolding over the barn 

 floor in the two first sections to be 14 feet in 

 the clear — the third and fourth sections to be 

 eleven and a half feet in the clear, the remain- 

 der 14 feet. 



C, Carriage room ; B, bay for hay ; D, drive 

 way ; O, grain and meal bins ; P, passage way 



between cow stables ; >S^, stalls for cows ; H, 

 horse stable ; T, trench behind cows ; F, stair- 

 way. This plan is to have three windows of 

 twelve lights, ten by fourteen glass, to each, on 

 the front or west end ; also two of the same 

 size in the opposite gable end. Two windows 

 in each side of the stable, of six lights each, ten 

 by fourteen, with a blind slide with each sash. 

 All outside doors put on rollers ; two skylights 

 in the roof of stable to serve as ventilators. 



One grand object to be obtained is to sepa- 

 rate the cattle stable from the hay barn, by 

 sliding doors above and below, to prevent the 

 hay being damaged by the vapor and ammonia 

 which are constantly arising from the cellar. 

 A small barrow of some simple construction, 

 on a truck, to convey the hay to the feeding 

 passage will save much time in feeding. 



Many large and valuable barns have been 

 much damaged by being placed over a manure 

 cellar without proper ventilation. 



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