THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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SIDE-HILL BARN, iTOR CATTLE, HORSES. AND SUEEP. 



Should this plan be adopted, it ■would be well to 

 have a door above the main doors of the barn to 

 let the dust escape, as shown in elevation. 



This barn is capable of holding all the grain and 

 hay usually grown on a hundred acre farm, the 

 posts being eighteen feet above the walls. Girts 

 or beams should be put in two feet below the plates, 

 to prevent the building from spreading, and girts 

 and joists at eleven or twelve feet above the floors, 

 opposite doors, where necessary to drive in loads 

 only. In all cases, scafl:blds should be made as low 

 as convenience will admit, and the frame should 

 be generally strong and the roof well supported. 

 Tliere should be eave-troughs to conduct the 

 water to the cisterns, windows over the main 

 doors, and the ventilator on the top in the centre, 

 aa shown in the plan. 



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Tlie sides 

 And painted, 



may be covered with matched pine 

 or rough boards battened with three 



inch strips. The cost would vary according to 

 location aud price of lumber and finish, from 



to $1,200. 



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MAIN FLOOR. 



Description of Plan. — Basement — 1, horse 

 stable ; 2, cow stable ; 3, room for sheep ; 4, feed- 

 ing-room for horses ; 5, feeding-room for cows and 

 slieep ; 6, passage ; 7, open shed ; 8, calves pen ; 

 c, cistern. Main Floor — I, I, I, traps for hay and 

 straw; ^, granary. ^\ 



The site for a barn on a hillside should not 

 ascend more than one foot in ten. The ascending 

 grade slionld be northwest, or in the direction ot 

 the prevailiug winds, so the barn will protect the 

 yard from winds in the winter, and shelter the 

 cattle from cold. The barn sliould be built of stone, 

 and for one hundred acres of land, should be 45 bj 

 75 feet. The cellar or stable should be 8 feet high 

 to joists, the hay and grain mows 19 feet to plates, 



