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the winter. Consequently my manure-cellar extends no further 

 than my new addition. You will all understand that the 

 manure-cellar is the exact dimensions of the cattle-stable, 

 leaving the cellar under the old barn for the storage of roots, 

 teams, carriages, &c. Instead of taking down the whole of the 

 mow timbers, I left room at one end of the barn for the storage 

 of tools, and on the opposite side I left another apartment for 

 the storage of ploughs, &c. All I have to say is, that I like the 

 barn very much. It carries out my idea of keeping the cattle 

 free from the hay, and I expect that the cattle will be benefited 

 by receiving their hay in the sweet, natural state as it came from 

 the field. I know a great many people do not agree with me 

 that the breath of cattle and the steam from the manure-cellar 

 injure hay ; but I cannot see why they should not. Of course, 

 I have suitable ventilation on top to take off everything. 



President Clark. We have present with us Professor "Wil- 

 kinson, of Maryland, who has given a good deal of attention to 

 this matter of building barns, and has built some famous ones. 

 He has some new ideas, and I hope he will favor us with some 

 suggestions. 



I would say, in reference to this whole matter, that I hope we 

 shall get all the information we can upon it to-night. I do not 

 know that we shall have any other meeting for the consideration 

 of this subject at this time ; but the Board has undertaken to 

 decide upon some plan, and we have got to do it. All I can see 

 that it is possible for us to do is to hear what we can, think what 

 we can, and then at our annual meeting in Boston take up the 

 subject and decide upon something, if we do not do anything 

 else this winter. We have undertaken this work, and it would 

 certainly be a shame to the Board of Agriculture of Massachu- 

 setts if they could not agree, by a majority vote, at least, upon 

 a plan for a barn. I hope that this thing, undertaken for the 

 benefit of the college, and of the farmers of the State generally, 

 will be carried out to the end. I do not know how we can bet- 

 ter spend the remainder of the time this afternoon than in 

 hearing the views of Prof. J. Wilkinson, rural architect, who, 

 being a resident of Baltimore, Md., may not be present when 

 we have the subject up again. 



Prof. Wilkinson then presented a plan for a frame farm barn, 

 which embodied some jjeculiar and original features. The 



