44 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



N. S. Hubbard, of Brimfield. There is an impression that 

 the discussions are to be confined expressly to the members of 

 the Board. I will read two lines from the notice of the meet- 

 ing, which will dispel that delusion. " All persons interested in 

 agriculture or horticulture are cordially invited to attend the 

 meetings, and participate in the discussions.^^ There is a gentle- 

 man near me who tells me he is about building a barn nearly of 

 the size of the one reported by the Committee, and perhaps he 

 will give us some suggestions. 



Mr. Ellis, of Warren. I can state the plan of a barn that I 

 am about to build. It is 150 feet long by 43 feet wide, with a 

 cellar under the whole, the floor running lengthwise through it, 

 and the stable on one side. I do not agree with Dr. Loring 

 exactly. He has got fifty-two head of cattle in the barn. I 

 should say that was too many. 



Dr. Loring. I think I was mistaken in the number. One 

 hundred and fifteen feet will hold thirty-two head of cattle. 



Mr. Ellis. I should put them thicker than that. Three feet 

 and a quarter will do. On the opposite side — tlie bay side — 

 there are stalls for two horses and four oxen, with a granary. 

 The posts are to be 18 feet, the beams to be set down d^ feet, 

 and I am to have the scuttle-hole that the Doctor spoke about. 

 According to my experience, that barn, full of hay, will carry 

 through fifty-four head of grown cattle and two horses. I build* 

 it in the cheapest way I can, because I am not able to put on 

 much, if any, flourish. As to putting cattle down in the cellar, 

 I should not do it on any account whatsoever. You will need 

 the whole of your cellar for manure. I should build a cellar for 

 roots outside of the barn. There is a large amount of moisture 

 comes from the roots, and unless they have air, and a good deal 

 of it, too, they will rot. It may be ventilated from the bottom 

 to the top, as the Doctor represented, but that would not answer 

 for me ; I would rather build a cellar out. 



I think a barn ought to be proportioned to the amount of 

 stock ; but still, we farmers sometimes get more hay than we 

 have stock to consume it, and summer over some. I have fol- 

 lowed the plan of Dr. Loring in building this temporary scafibld- 

 ing, although not to much extent, because the barn I now occupy 

 is 150 feet long. It has one end piece, and then a crosswise 

 piece. It was originally a barn 30x40, and I have built all 



