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Plate VI. represents south view, where is seen the chimney 

 in the roof, c c, windows in third story, b, windows to corn 

 room and vegetable cellar, d, door to vegetable cellar, a, 

 door to cellar. 



Plate VII. represents a transverse section of the cow room. 

 a, walk five feet wide, b, dung pit. c, cattle stand, d, feed- 

 ing trough, with the bottom on a level with the platform where 

 the cattle stand, k, open area forty-three by fifty-six. This 

 room is furnished with a clock and thermometer, and is admira- 

 bly ventilated, while at the same time it is sufficiently warm 

 for the health and well being of the cows. The water in this 

 room has not been frozen during the past severe winter, with the 

 exception of that in a small box near the door. The manure in 

 the cellar is levelled down once a week and covered with muck. 

 The cellar being tight, all the liquid fertilizing matter from the 

 floor above can be used to the best advantage. 



The barn is simple in its construction, not expensive for its 

 size, and well adapted to the purposes for which it was designed. 

 It is especially adapted to the ground on which it stands ; and 

 though not every farmer could aiford to build at the same cost, 

 it contains many improvements on most other plans which could 

 be brought within the means of most who intend to build. It 

 will be seen that, including the three stories, this barn contains 

 facilities equal to a barn two hundred feet long by fifty-seven wide. 



The cost of this structure cannot be exactly known, since a 

 good deal of the work was done at various times by laborers 

 on the farm, and no exact account was kept of the amount 

 of this labor. It is supposed to have exceeded six thousand 

 dollars. This barn stands near the station in Braintrec, 

 where it may be seen and better understood. 



WORCESTER NORTH. 



From the Report of the Committee on Experiments. 



The committee on " Experiments connected with the Pursuit 

 of Agriculture" have attended to the duty assigned to them, 

 and herewith present their report. 



The offer of a premium for experiments, the specific charac- 



