PREMIUM BARN. 



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lean-to, like the stables just described, and on the same 

 floor-level, is attached to the rear end ot the barn, 

 and extends indefinitely, according to the wants of 

 the proprietor. I have made these extensions, on 

 the ground plan submitted, 64 feet between the barn 

 stables and the outer corner section. This lean-to, 

 next the barn, has a passage 14 feet 

 wide, (rom the main floor through it, 

 declining 3 feet in the Hi feet width — a § 

 sharp inclination to be sure, but down § 

 which an empty cart or wagon can be § 

 managed with an ordinary horse or ox- .- 

 team, by cleeting the floor with strips of > 

 plank. A double door, corresponding :'■ 

 with the main doors at the other end ^ 

 of the barn, is hung at the outer side. g 

 On each side of this floor-way is a ^ 

 room 34 by 16 feet. It may be divided 5 

 into separate rooms, or mangered off into » 

 stables, as required, and the passages g 

 at the ends of the bays of the main b 

 barn and stables will accommodate the 3 

 passage of their food to the animals S 

 within them. One of these rooms | 

 may be used as a calf-house, always a ° 

 necessary appendage to a stock barn ; » 

 the other may be fitted up as a hospital, g. 

 another important adjunct. A cow "^ 

 about to calve, or a sick animal, can al- " 

 ways be accommodated in this; and for o 

 such purposes, a room apart from other » 

 cattle is really necessary, and pays well » §■ 

 for its construction. On a line with this 3 a 

 lean-to extend, each side, a shed of the | S 

 game dimensions in height, and width 64 £, "Z 

 feet; thence turning at right angles, ex- g 

 tends 116 feet, to the front line of the 5 

 barn. This is put up in six bents of 16 Z 

 feet each, and two of 10 feet each, form- 3 

 mg the stables at the front ends. The &■ 

 sides next the barn are open lor 8 feet ° 

 above the ground; the remaining 12 feet » 

 being boarded, and enclosing hay or 

 straw lofts, with hay doors iu every other c 

 bent. A room, 16 feet square, is made g. 

 in each corner, (two of them), which can | 

 be used for housing weak ewes, lambs, § 

 a bull stable, or any purpose required. §■ 

 The stables at each end will be conven- ^ 

 ient for teams of horses or oxen, or, they f 

 may be used for wagon houses, tool hou- 3 

 ses, or other objects. Racks or mangers >§ 

 may be fitted up in these open sheds for 2, 

 feeding sheep or young cattle, and yards S- 

 may be built adjoining, on the rear, six g 

 or eight in number, into which they may I 

 run and be kept separate. Indeed, I can B 

 not devise any better mode of keeping "^ 

 sheep than this. They may all come in- 

 to the sheds to eat. Barred partitions may separate 

 the different flocks. Bars may also enclose the ope«- 

 ing in front, or they may, by tight boarding, be shut 

 in altogether. 



Eave troughs and conductors should take the 

 water from the roofs into cisterns, for the cattle. 

 By underground pipes these cisterns can all be con- 



nected, if necessary, and the water of them all drawn 

 from one alone, by a power pump. By thus col- 

 lecting the water from the roofs, the yards will be 

 kept dry, and a large quantity of water be constantly 

 stored for the stock in all weathers. It may be ob- 

 jected that shed, or one-sided ro(ifs are given to the 



outer sheds attached to the bam instead of the com- 

 mon double-sided roof, which may be a trifle less ex- 

 pensive. The object of the one-sided roof is to 

 throw the water falling upon them outside, instead of 

 inside the yards, thus keeping them drier and cleaner. 

 Observations. — Now, with the continued experi- 

 ence of twenty years, and a large stock of cattle, 



