RURAL AncniTECTURE. 



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'.he left of the main floorway is the cow liuter, and, l>eneath, the pig pen. Tlie 

 arrangement will be more readily understood from the illnstration. Fig. 2. 



1. Sheep pen; 2. Bam floorway; 3. Standing floor in the linter; 4. Cows' 

 manger; 5. Iron strap used instead of stanchion; 6. Tie chain; 7. A trongh 

 tilled with dirt or sawdust for the animals' front feet to stand on, thus pre- 

 venting slipping; 8. Cows' feed door; 9. Sheepa' feed door; 10. Sheep rack; 

 11. Kg l^en; 12. Windows used for 

 'leaning sheep pens and jng pens; 

 18. Tight partition; 14. Walk Uhmd 

 the cows; 15. Scuttle for cleaning out 

 mannre. 



It will be noticed that the docar 

 ilirough which the sheep are fed 

 1 ipeus downward, and does not c<Mi- 

 tlict with the cows' feed door, whi«^ 

 lifts upward. By having these doors 

 the linter can be closed up tight in 

 cold weather, and the cattle will 

 keep warm. Tlie main part of the 

 liam need not be clap-boardfd. So 

 I'ing as the roof is tight and the hay does not get wet, it ia no injury to the 

 fodder to have it well ventilated. This ventilation ia indeed beneficial and 

 necessary to carry off from the fodder the effla^ia from, the nianore iu tho 

 cellar. 



Cheap Bam Cellar —But comparatively few fiumers (as compared to 

 the masses) have yet been convinced that it will pay to construct a root-cel- 

 lar, and*then to raise the roots to liU it witli, I'Ut fur all that, those who have 



pn>\ided tliemselves with cel- 

 lars find they pay. As it is not 

 always convenii^nt to have one 

 beneath the bam, it may be 

 built alxive ground as follows: 

 Dig down three feet the size 

 desired; twelve by twenty fcet 

 makes a good large cellar; and 

 ten by sixteen feet vn\\ do for 

 six or eight hundred bushels. 

 Get on hand a lot of small logs 

 or poles from six to ten inches 

 in diameter, with which to build 

 the portion alwve ground. Cut 

 the poles for each side three feet 

 longer than the width or length 

 of the excavation. Place the first 

 two poles on flat stones or blocks 

 back a foot Irom tlie edge of tlie hole dug, and upon opposite sides. Flat- 

 ten the ends with the ax and lay two cross poles as you would iu starting a 

 log house. In these end pieces one foot from the end cut notches for the 

 next side poles to lie in.^ With each round, set the side poles in a foo^ 

 which will give a regular slant to tlie roof, and make a very strong frame for 

 the weight that ia to come upon it. The end that ia to contain the door 

 should be carried up straight, while the other may be slanted up, as the sides. 



K COM^ESIEXT BARX. — FIG 



