THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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you have a bay 18 by 50 feet on each side of the 

 floor. la the end of one of these build a granary, 

 18 by 18 feet, 8 feet between joints. Directly 

 under the granary may be a root cellar. The 

 remaining 18 by 50 feet may be finished for stables 

 as follows, to wit. : 8 feet high, passage between 

 the bay and manger 5 feet wide, with door at each 

 end, and door to enter cellar-way, between bay 

 and granary. The stalls 5 feet wide, including 

 partitions. 



Neat cattle should be well secured in their stalls. 

 I would recommend a chain and strap with buckle, 

 for each stall. A suitable stable for calves may be 

 arranged in one of tlie above divisions. 



There should be two or more doors to each stable, 

 and three at each gable end ; one above the main 

 beam and two below, for the admission of hay from 

 the outside. Doors that run upon a track at the 

 top (railroad doors), are much better than those 

 hung upon hinges. This barn should be built with 

 gambol roof. 



Sheds should be built with a loft for hay. I 

 oppose anything in the form of a lean-to, or shed 

 without a chamber. Build everything in the shape 

 of stable or sheds, high. A load of hay may be 

 dumped from the horse-fork into the gable end of 

 sush a barn as I have just described, with ease. 



I will here describe sheds suitable for a large 

 farm. Two buildings, each 30 by 30 feet, 16 feet 

 high, and so situated that they will face each other, 

 the inside corner of each just meeting the corfter 

 of the barn. Ends, back and front above the base- 

 ment, closed tight ; one door in each side of the 

 lofts ; basement 8 feet high, with large door in the 

 end next to the barn, open in front. These sheds 

 will aft'ord room and protection for a large stock 

 of cattle. 



A sheep barn may be constructed the same as 

 one of the above described sheds, except the base- 

 ment, which should be divided into two equal parts. 

 Each division will be 15 by 30 feet. These should 

 be enclosed tiglit, except a door ten feet wide, for 

 the passage of the wagon or cart while hauling out 

 the manure. These doors should be short, leaving 

 a space at the lower end, three feet high, for the 

 sheep to pass under. The divisions may be sup- 

 plied with cribs for feeding in bad weather. Yards 

 may be so arranged that each division will accom- 

 modate a separate flock. 



The horse and carriage barn should not be 

 connected with other barns. A good and commo- 

 dious horse barn for a large farm may be as follows, 

 to wit. : 48 by 48 feet on the ground, and 20 feet 

 I high. The entrance to the main floor or carriage 

 room should be in the end. The floor should be 20 

 feet wide, directly through the centre of the barn, 

 ■ leaving an equal division on each side of 14 by 48 

 feet. These divisions should be finished for stables, 

 except 14 feet oif the end of one of them for a 

 granary and feed room. The stables should be 9 

 feet high. They should be divided into stalls 5 feet 

 wide, facing the carriage room. A trough made 

 of plank, 1-J- feet wide and 1 foot deep, placed 3 

 j feet above the floor, will supply the place of manger 

 I and feed box. The horse may receive his hay 

 '. through a tube or box made of boards, the lower 

 1 end resting on the trough, and the upper extending 

 tlirough the floor above to the loft, where the hay 

 may be thrust in, and drawn out by the horse 



through an aparture in the side below. Stables 

 should be well ventilated and supplied with light 

 by means of glazed windows. Each stall should 

 have a small door in front, above the trough, 

 through which the horse may receive his food from 

 the main floor. The carriage room should be 12 

 feet high. There should be an aperture over the 

 centre, through which hay may be raised to the 

 loft, and there should be a passage from the main 

 floor to each stable. A gambol roof is preferable 

 for this barn. 



A corn barn and hog house may be as follows, 

 to wit.: 30 by 30 feet iu area, and 16 feet high. It 

 may be divided in the centre by a tight wall; one 

 half of the basement being used for corn, and the 

 other for hog house. The corn house should have 

 a solid plank floor, and a 10 feet door, to drive in 

 with a wagon. It should be 9 feet high, with a 

 crib against the outside wall, 30 feet long. Tliere 

 should be a flight of stairs in the end opposite the 

 large door, leading to the chamber above. This 

 chamber should have a tight floor with an aperture 

 in the centre, through which grain or other heavy 

 substances may be raised to the loft. A trap-door 

 to close it will make all tight. This chamber may 

 be used for a granary or store room, and should be 

 supplied with bins for that purpose. The hog 

 house should be divided into three divisions, to 

 wit, : A passage three feet wide along the side next 

 to the corn house, with a door at each end and one 

 in the middle, communicating with the corn house. 

 There should be a feeding room in one end of tlie 

 remaining division, 20 feet long, and a sleeping 

 room in the remaining 10 feet. The basement of 

 the hog house may be 6^ feet high. The chamber 

 over the hog house may be used as a store room 

 for farming tools and implements. 



A hen house may be large or small, according to 

 the amount of poultry the farmer wishes to keep. 

 It should have a tight floor, and be furnished with 

 poles for roosts and boxes for nests. Should have 

 a door to enter it, and a small slide door for the 

 hens, to the exclusion of vermin when closed. 



A smoke house should be of stone, brick or gravel 

 wall, 10 by 10 feet, and 9 feet high. The roof and 

 door should be lined with sheet-iron or zinc. There 

 should be an arch in the side near the ground, 

 where the fire may be kindled from the outside, 

 the smoke being ushered in through a flue from the 

 arch. 



Isolated barns for the storage of hay, may occupy 

 such locations as are most desirable. 



BUILDINGS FOB A SMALL FABJf. 



The house we will pass by, as its limits as des- 

 cribed above, is already conflned to the wants of 

 the family. 



The barn may be the same size as above. The 

 floor, bay, and stable across one end the same. 

 The basement of the division at the opposite end 

 may be divided by a partition through the middle, 

 leaving two equal divisions, each IS by 25 feet. 

 One of these may be open on one side for a shed 

 for neat cattle, aud the other may be finished for 

 sheep. We now have a barn, stable, shed and 

 sheep barn, all in one compact body, and under 

 one roof. • If stOl less room is needed, leave off 

 that division now occupied for stable, and make 

 the stable in the bay that has the granary in one 

 end. Your bam -will then be 50 by 68 feet. 



