BARNS AN'D STABLES. 



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next to the stalls. As will be seen, the stalls are doubly protected 

 from direct exposure to cold air on nearly every side, yet they are 

 provided with abundant light and ventilation. 



Figure 34 gives a perspective and figure 35 the plan, of a rectan- 

 gular barn occupying about the same space as the octagon last 

 described. It is twenty -five by twenty feet, with posts sixteen feet. 

 Two swing doors, each four feet wide, give access to the carriage 



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 FLOOR 





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STALL 



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MANURE 

 SHED 



Fig. 35.— GROUND PLAN. 



floor. At the right of this are an open stall and a box-stall. In the 

 rear of the carriage-floor is a granary with separate bins for oats 

 and other feed. A passage-way, six feet wide, extends along the 

 front of the stalls, and gives access to the mangers and feed boxes. 

 The box-stall is reached by an outer door, and also communicates 

 with the open stall by a door divided horizontally a little above the 

 middle. The upper part of the latter door may be opened for 

 ventilation. A manure shed, eight by fourteen feet, is attached to 

 the bam in the rear of the stalls. The sides of the barn are covered 

 with vertical boarding and battens ; the roof shingled. It is a very- 

 simple and cheaply-built form, 



