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Carriage-house and Stable for a small Cottage. 



set, will live and grow ; this is our experience on that point, 

 others may be different from this. 



CARRIAGE HOUSE AND STABLE FOR A SMALL COTTAGE 



A SUBSCRIBER requcsts us to give 

 a plan and elevation of a cheap 

 carriage-house and stable, to have 

 a neat exterior expression and at 

 the same time, not infringe on the 

 convenience and space within ; he 

 also limits the expense to $250 — 

 a very small sum, indeed, for such 

 an edifice. The annexed plans 

 will correctly convey the only 

 manner in which so cheap a barn can be constructed, without en- 

 tirely losing sight of ornamental effect. We will premise that 

 the material is wood. The post should not be less than 8x12 in- 

 ches ; the sills should be some- 

 what thicker ; the remaining 

 sticks can be 6x9 joice, and 

 3x4 scantling. The weather 

 boarding should be secured 

 perpendicularly to the frame, 

 and the joints protected by 

 narrow strips, bevelled ; finish 

 the inside with rough hemlock 

 boards, filling the space be- 

 tween the out and inside boarding with oat straw, rammed down 

 compactly. A stable cannot be too warm. 



The ground plan exhibits a carriage room, 14x14, with an en- 

 trance from the front side of the building, and is also in easy 

 communication with the harness-room and stalls. The stalls are 

 each 14x5|, containing crib feeding troughs, &c. The}'- also have 

 a door in the front. As a cow is indispensable to the cottager, 

 we have provided a suitable apartment for her winter quarters 

 It is 14x5. The hay loft is arrived at by a stairway contiguous 

 to the harness-room. The loft is so arranged as to permit of fod- 

 dering both horse and cow from nearly the same openings. To 



