RUnAL ARCHITECTURE. 



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and (lumV'Ie timber, and shall be laid so that no space of over two inches 

 may be found. That ixirtion of the roof which projects beyond the up- 

 right portion of the boilding shall be of double thicknesa. The 8hin;;le8 are 

 to be of the best quality, and laid only -t inches to the weather. The win- 

 dows are to be made as per plan, all firanus to be of seasoned pine, free 

 from knots. The sash windows of 12 hghts, each 9x12 inches, except two, 

 viz., one in south end of main bam, and one 

 in east side of same; these to be as shown m 

 jilan. The blind wimlows to be hung with 

 butt hinges, and fastened with hasp h<K»k8, 

 both outside and inside. They are to swing 

 outward. 



The doors are all to be formed to present 

 an appearance outside same as balance of 

 bam. They are to be jack-planed suRicient- 

 ly to render them free of splinters in hand- 

 ling. They are to be placed and formed of 

 height, width, etc., as shown in plan. They 

 are all to be hung with wronght-irou strap 

 hinges, and secured by latches and hasp hook 

 staples. 



A Complete Stork Bam.— "We present 

 herewith an illustrated plan, with careful de- 

 scription, of a complete stock l>am, embrac- 

 ing many good and sensible points in its 

 construction, from which we trust our friends 

 may gatlier some valuable suggestions. 



ITie body of the main l»am is 100 feet long 

 by 50 feet wide, the posts 18 feet high above 

 the sill, making 9 bents. The l>eam8 are 14 

 feet above the sills, which is the height of the 

 inner posts. The position of the floor and 

 bays is readily understood from the plan. 

 The floor, for a grain bam, is 14 feet wide, 

 but may bo contracted to 12 feet for one ex- 

 clusively for hay. Tlie area in front of the 

 I'ays is occupied with a stationary hurae- 

 jKJwer and with machinery for various farm 

 oi>eration8, such as threshing, shelling com, 

 cutting straw, crushing grain, etc., all of 

 which is driven by bands from drums on 

 the horizontal shaft overhead, which runs 

 across the floor from the horse-power on 

 the other side; this shaft being driven by 

 a cog-wheel on the ijerjK-ndicnlar shaft round which the horses travel. 



A passage four feet wide extends between the ba\-s and the stabkT», which 

 occupy the two wings. This extends up to the top of the bays, down which 

 the hay is thrown for feeding, which renders this work as easy and conven- 

 ient as possible. 



A one-sided roof is given to the sheds (instead of a double-sided), to 

 throw all tlie water on the outside, in order to keep the interior of the 

 yards dry. Eave-troughs take the water from the roofe to cisterns. The 



