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Farm Biiihlhis-^- 



VOL. IIL 



Col. SiMilli's Barn, P<»iiii TouiiHliip i»«':ir I*?iii:id4>Ig>!ii:i. — Fig. J, 



A. Wagnn f?ouse, 60 ft. by 40 ft. 



B. Cow Stables. 



C. H0r.sf Stalilfs. 



E. Carriage-House, 2(1 ft. 



F. Hay Moit, 



G. Grajiairy. 



The barn which is represented by the above enj^raving-, was built in 1684, by Col, Kei«^ 

 DERTON Smith, of Penn Township, in this (Philadelphia) county. iJ is of brick, 150 feet in 

 length, by 40 feet in breadth. The main barn is three trtories hi|Th and 70 feet long. The 

 basement story 8 feet 6 inches high, atid is divided into horse and e«w stables. Along the 

 front is an entry three feet wide, which extends the whole length, upon which there are- 

 doors to prevent the cattle er horses from passing from one stable to another, or from the 

 etables to the entries. The horse stables contain twelve stalls — they are tit^cen feet deepy 

 and the stalls are five feet wide. The cow stables are 13 feet long, and the stalls four feet 

 wide. There are sixteen stalls. At the north-west corner of the barn there is a feed-roomi 

 with boxes, trough, &c., for the cattle; it is 8 by 13 feet At the north-east corner there 

 is also a feed-room for the horses, 10 by 15 feet. The.=e commianicate with the stable o» 

 one side, and the entries on the other. The entry between the horse stables is 6 feet wide, 

 that between the cow stables is 5 feet The doors are double, which serye to give light 

 and air, and prevents the cattle from getting into the stables when ii is desirable to have 

 them in the barn yard. They are lined at the bottom with tin to prevent them from being- 

 cut by rats, — and so complete is the barn in this respect, that a rat has never been foaadi 

 in it 



Ground Plan.— Fie;. Ti. 



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Wagon House. 00 ft. Iiy 40 ft. 



I Horse StabJes. | Carrrage-Hou9e,20fl. 



The joists of the floors are einbo(l(l(><l in broken stone, and these are covered with mortar 

 as high as to the floor, by which moans the floors are rendered more firm, and there is no 

 harbor afforded for rats. Tiie sills of the doors are all of dressed stone. There are fuoaels 



