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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



IMPROVED OCTAGON BARN. 



need a barn as large as his. We give in this cou- 

 nectiou drawings and a description of one much 

 smaller, which is a comparatively cheap and very 

 neat afi'air. The barn is 32 feet in diameter ; each 

 side is 12 feet long. Our engraving shows a side ele- 

 vation. In the ground 

 plan A are large doors 

 by which the space B, 

 allotted for wagons or 

 carriages, is entered. 

 C, doors leading to the 

 stables. D, passage 

 way, with door, E, at 

 one end. F, grain and 

 root room, (i, barn- 

 yard door. II is the 

 feeding room, in shape 

 half octagon. Here the 

 cutting boxes, &c., can 

 be arranged. Aper- 

 tures into the various 

 mangers are indicated 

 by little openings; thro' 

 these all the hay and 

 other food for the stock 

 is put. Hay from the 

 loft above is thrown 

 down by means of a 

 trap in the floor over 

 H. The stalls being 

 ..all an*anged in a some- 

 what circular manner. 



CHEESES WEIGHING OVER FIVE HUN- 

 DRED POUNDS EACH. 



Your Committtee also with pleasure report, that 

 two very superior cheeses, both in quality and ap- 

 pearance, weighing to- 

 gether over a thousand 

 pounds, were exhibited 

 by Jesse Williams, of 

 Rome, Oneida county. 

 The samples, weigh- 

 ing over 500 lbs., each 

 stood erect and in as 

 perfect shape and con- 

 dition as a cheese not 

 weighing over 50 lbs., 

 and upon examination 

 proved of most excel- 

 lent quality, having 

 cured as thoroughly as 

 those of smaller size 

 and same age. A spe- 

 cial premium of $25 is 

 recommended to Jesse 

 Williams, of Rome, 

 Oneida county, for this 

 fine production of the 

 dairy, which was an or- 

 nament to the show 

 and very creditable to 

 him as a dairyman. 

 Method (if Manu- 



GKOUXD PLAN 



the feeding is quickly accomplished, and the animals \facturing the two large Cheese, by Jesse Jf illiams. — 

 easily secured. In "tlie hay-loft above, there being i These samples of two large cheese, offered for exhi- 

 but one small space retjuired in the center for the j bition by the subscriber, were made on the 13th and 



fodder to be thrown down, a much larger quantity of 

 hay can be stowed than in barns where there are 

 racks at the sides, which prevent full stowage. 



17th of July, from the milk of about 200 cows ; two 

 milkings, without the addition of cream. The i)ro- 

 cess as follows : The nights milk was strained uito 



