1847. 



GENESEE FARMER. 



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Third Floor. — (Fig. 4^5.) 



C. C, hay-mows, each 20 by 26 feet ; D, 

 granary, divided into bins, with passage 

 through the center ; E, stairway. 



Fig. 43 represents the third floor ; A, i:^ 

 the wagon-way or entrance, as shown in 

 fig. 44 ; B, B,' upper part of the hay-nwws 

 (marked C C, on second floor;) C, threslb 

 ing-floor, 47 by 15 feet 8 inches. 



Fig. 44 is a rear view, showing the 

 wagon-drive and entrance to what appears 

 as the third story or floor, when viewing 

 the building in front ; it is reached by a 

 gradual rise in the ground from front to 

 rear, and by an artificial elevation of the 

 soil as is shov/n in the passage between the 

 abutments, so as to form a gradual ascent, 

 easily surmounted by a heavily laden wag- 

 on; on the apex of the roof are 2 ventilatoi-s 

 which serve a double purpose, admitting 

 light and permitting the escape of foul air. 

 The whole building is besides 

 thoroughly ventilated by doors 

 and windows suitably placed. — 

 On the whole, we can safely cora- 

 mend this as an admirably con- 

 structed barn, and worthy of imi- 

 tation. It will be perceived that 

 by the arrangement adopted (now 

 commonly followed,) the hay and 

 grain, when unladen from the 

 wagon, are cast down, rather than 

 pitched upwards, an advantage of 

 the greatest moment at a season 

 when time and help are of double 

 value. The hay and fodder reacts 

 the feeding floor by means of fun- 

 nels or conductors, which carry 

 it to convenient points. The 

 harness-room, and tool-i^oom, 

 Rear Elevation.— (Fig. 44.) should be on the first floor, the 



space occupied by them on the second, would be serviceable for other purposes. A natural 

 inquiry presents itself, the cost? That must of course depend on the expense of materials, the 

 price of labor, and the proportion of work by hauling, quarrying stone, hewing timber, &;c., 

 which the proprietor himself may be able to perform ; also the kind of material for the super- 

 structure, whether it be wood, stone, or brick. In view of all these circumstances, it is inexpe- 

 dient to attempt a statement; the prudent farmer will obtain estimates of all particulars, carefully 

 prepared by responsible mechanics, and any estimate of ours might tend rather to his injury than 

 benefit. The barn of Mr. Hutchinson is of'stone, rough-cast ; one of less cost (and in one respect 

 better, because dryer,) would be of frame, on a basement of stone extending to the floor of the 

 second story. — American Agriculturist. 



A New Term. — Stercologj'. 



Mr. Editor. — 1 wish to propose, through 

 your paper, a new term, which I think will sup- 

 ply a deficiency in agricultural language. We 

 have no generic term which embraces in its 

 signification, the science or art of enriching the 

 soil. I, therefore, propose the term Stercolo- 

 GY, which is compounded from the word stcrcus, 

 which means manure or dung, and logos, a dis- 

 course. Although hardly general enough in its 



strict meaning, this word may, by a little exten- 

 sion, be undei-stood to embrace everything un- 

 der the head of manuring, enriching, ameliora- 

 ting or amending the soil. And although word« 

 are only the signs of ideas, and technical lan- 

 guage should not be used unnecessarily, — still 

 a systematic division of any branch of science 

 inio parts, embraced under generic heads, is al- 

 ways convenient. Yours, 



M. M. RODGERg. 



Rochester, June, 1847. 



