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13 feet wide, with a scuttle in each band to drop the hay to 

 the story below. There are also places to conduct the hay to 

 the horses' cribs. In the second band from the west end I 

 have put in Fairbanks' Hay Scales, which are very convenient 

 to weigh stock, hay, etc. The third band from each end is 

 dropped down three feet from the beams, to make it easier to 

 fill from the floor. The bays are ventilated on the back of the 

 hay by swivel blinds, placed at the bottom of the bay, which 

 can be opened or closed at will. There are also slats running 

 from the bottom up to the top, insides the timbers, to give a 

 free passage of air behind the hay. The entrance to this 

 story from the ground is over a bridge at either end, 22 feet 

 long 14 feet wide. Over the middle floor, on the posts, is laid 

 a tight floor, 13 feet wide. On either side of this floor is an 

 open floor, 13^ feet wide, for storing corn fodder. It is laid 

 with plank eight inches wide, eight inches apart, laid loose, so 

 they can be slipped back when the bays are filled with hay. 

 There are stairs leading from the first story to the cupola on 

 the top of the building. The outside of the barn is boarded, 

 clapboarded and painted, and the roof shingled. It is lighted 

 by eight windows on each side, and two in either end. There 

 are lights over the large doors in the second story. 



In the basement there are eight lights on the north side. 

 On the south side are large doors, which are kept open in 

 summer and closed in winter. The barn is supplied with pure 

 spring water (from the hill, 1500 feet west of the barn,) by 

 an aqueduct. It is carried into the first story and the two 

 yards. The yard on the south side is 90 feet square. On the 

 west side is another yard, 100 feet long, 40 feet wide. 25 feet 

 of this yard is covered, forming a shed on the northwest cor- 

 ner of the barn. In the southwest corner of the large yard is 

 a building 33 feet square. The lower story is used for a 

 hennery, the next story to store farm implements and the 

 upper part of the building I use to store and manufacture 

 cider vinegar. 



Boxford, October, 1866. 



