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GENESEE FARMER. 



Aug. 



De>scription and Illustrations of a Pennsjivahia Barn. 



TuK high dogree of perfection 

 which agricLilturo has attained in 

 Pennsylvania, compared with 

 some other [)ortions of tlie Union 

 "has been commented upon b\ 

 travellers from ICurope as well 

 as from every section of our 

 country. Perhaps there is no 

 particular feature which more 

 distinctly indicates that perfec- 

 tion than the farm buildings — 

 certainly there is nothing which ^^ 

 more forcibly attracts the stran- -^ r]:^ 

 ger's eye on entering within the 

 bounds of that State, where he is 

 atonce assured that no niggardly 

 regard to expenditure for useful 

 purposes, influences a Pennsyl- 

 vania farmer; though his own 

 dwelling be of an unpretending 

 character, the means for housing 

 his crops and sheltering his 

 flocks, are on an omple scale. 

 Poor indeed would he judge that economy 

 to be which permitted a sheaf to suffer in- 

 jury for want of adequate protection. 



The accompanying drawings illustrate a 

 Bai-n of moderate size, but judicious con- 

 struction, yielding as much advantage as it 

 is possible to possess within the same space.. 

 Its dimensions are GO by 40 feet, with an 

 elevation of 30 feet to the eaves. It is on 

 the estate of James P. Hutchinson, Esq., 

 Montgomery county, nine miles from Phil- 

 adelphia. The barn-yard is supplied wit! 

 water by Moutgolfier's hydraulic ram, 

 from a reservoir 900 feet distant ; the sup- 

 ply is 800 gallons per day ; the dwelling 

 house is also supplied by the same power, 

 (2,000 gallons per day.) The elevation 

 from the ram to the barn is 40 feet perpen- 

 dicular height; these items are stated to 

 show the great power of this simple and 

 comparatively cheap invention. It is pre- 

 pared by Mr. H. P. M. Birkinbine, of 

 Philadelphia, to whom those interested can 

 address themselves. 



Fig. 40 exhibits a front view of the barn, 

 the stable doors opening into the baan-yard, 

 in which there is a constant stream of 

 water from the ram. The yard, which is 

 •of sufficient space for cattle to take air in 

 Avinter, and for other purposes, is flanked 

 by sheds, drc, and substantially enclosed 

 ioy a stone wall. 



Fig. 41 represents the ground or lower 

 jfloor; A, is the "overshot," 8 feet high; 

 B, B, horse stables; G, cow stables, 7 stalls; 



Front Elevatio.n. — (Fig. 40.) 



Ground, or Lower Floor. — (Fig. 41.) 



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Second Floor. — (Fig. 42.) 



D, 



stairway to upper floor. There are besides 

 ample passages and elbow-room for feeding, 6cc. Figure 42 is a plan of the second floor; 

 eight feet head-room; A, harness- room, eight by 20 feet; B, tool-i-oom, eight by twenty feet ; 



