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STATEMENT OF HOKACE C. WARE. 



I here give you a statement and plan of my barn and out- 

 buildings as near as I can. The lumber I contracted for in 

 the state of Maine last winter, and let out the most of the la- 

 bor by contract, and in reckoning up I find my large barn, 80 

 by 40 feet, with leanto for cattle attached, S2 by 60 feet, to 

 cost about $3,250.00, including the cellar, without any account 

 of my own labor. I have ventilators on both barn and leanto, 

 with slated roof; cellar under the entire building about 10 feet 

 deep, giving ample room to drive in and tip up a cart. Under 

 the leanto is ample room for the making of manure. Under 

 the main barn is room for a vegetable cellar, and for carts and 

 wagons ; also open to the cow yard, which faces the south, 

 where there is a never failing supply of water running. 



Nearly opposite the barn is a building which I built ten 

 years ago at a cost of $325, when building material was much 

 lower than now. This building is 35 by 22 feet, built on a 

 side hill, the upper, as well as the lower part, being level with 

 the ground, and is used for the storage of ploughs, sleighs, 

 mowing machines, barrels, harrows, gates in winter, and some- 

 times for wagons. Under it is room for carts and wagons. 



My other out-building near the house consist of a stable for 

 horses, 25 by 20 feet, with cellar under it for hogs and ma- 

 nure. Attached to the stable is a one-story building, about 

 100 feet long, and used for three open sheds, wood-house, car- 

 riage house, work shop, tool room for farm implements, privy ; 

 and wash-room, where I have a boiler and sink set, with water 

 running when desired. Under the wash-room is a cellar for 

 the storage of wash-tubs, and also for cooling of the milk be- 

 fore it goes to market, as there is running water in this cellar. 

 The carriage house, work shop and tool room, set on posts at 

 back part, facing the south, which makes a fine warm hennery 

 to keep my hens in at seasons when I don't want them at 

 large. The cost of this string ot buildings is about $1000. 



My house is not yet completed, and is larger than is neces- 



