THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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CARRIAGE-HOCJSE AND STABLE. 



We present our readees this month with a perspec- 

 tiv^e view and ground plan of a barn and stable. 

 This stable is intended to produce a picturesque effect 



finding its way into the carriage-houpc. On the other 

 side of the carriage-house are a tool-house and work- 

 shop. All the dooi-s in this stable slide upon iron 

 rollers running upon a piece of plain bar iron above 

 the door. These iron rollers are attached firmly to 



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DESIGN FOR CARRIAGE-HOUSE AND STABT.E. 



e.xternally, and to contain internally all the conve- 

 nience demanded in a building of this class. The 

 central portion contains the carriage-house, with 

 a space for four vehicles, and a harness-room at the 

 end of it. On one side of this is the stable — the stalls 

 5 1 feet wide, with rack supplied with hay through 



the door by iron straps ; and the door, being thus 

 suspended, not only runs much more easily and freely 

 than if the track were at the bottom, as is usually the 

 case, but the track is not liable to get clogged by 

 dust or other matters falling upon the floor. Besides 

 this, a sliding door in a stable, when opened, gives 



GROUND PLAN. 



wells over each rack, in the floor of the hay-loft 

 above. A flight of stairs leads from the end of the 

 stable to the hay-loft above, and is placed here (and 

 not in the carriage-house as we frequently see it) in 

 order to prevent any dust from the hay-loft from 



the largest possible egress in a given space, and can 

 never stand in the way to the injury of horses or car- 

 riages passing in or out on either side. The high roof 

 gives a good deal of room in the hay-loft, and the ven- 

 tilation on the top keeps this space cool at all seasons. 



