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or clay ; and the stale is designed to be conveyed by tight gutters 

 into a reservoir. The barn Hkewise encloses a large threshing mill, 

 built upon the best Scotch model, which threshes and cleans the 

 grain for the neighboring farmers for the straw. The establishment 

 will be deemed too expensive for farmers in general. 



There is another barn in West Newbury, belonging to Moses 

 Newell, of an admirable construction. It is 85 feet in length, 40 

 feet in width, and 20 feet in the posts. The entrance is at the end 

 by an embankment, the floor being about eight feet above the sills. 

 The mows or bays on one side go down to the ground, which greatly 

 alleviates the trouble of unloading hay. The lower story on the 

 other side is occupied by the cattle-stalls. There is likewise a ca- 

 pacious vegetable cellar secured against the frost. The barn com- 

 bines in a high degree comfort, convenience and cheapness. 



There is another barn, excellent in its arrangements, on the farm 

 of Joseph Howe, of Methuen. This barn is 84 feet in length, 40 

 feet in width, 17 feet posts. It stands upon a side hill. The cattle- 

 stalls and the hay and granary are in the second story, which is entered 

 by an embankment. The cattle yard is on the eastern and upper 

 side of the barn, so that all the washings of the barn yard are received 

 into the lower story or cellar. The lower story embraces a manure 

 cellar the whole length of the building directly under the stalls of the 

 cattle, and which serves likewise as a pig stye ; a large place well 

 enclosed for the deposit of fruit and vegetables ; a stable for the 

 horses ; a boiling room, with an aqueduct ; a work shop and tool 

 room ; and a carriage-house. Of these buildings I have taken meas- 

 ures to obtain cheap models or plans. 



But the most complete erection of this kind, and one probably not 

 exceeded by any one in New England, is a stone barn in Danvers, 

 on the farm of Stephen Phillips. This is 100 feet in length and 44 

 feet in width, with a paved cellar under the whole, of ample height. 

 He carefully deposits in this cellar a large amount of mud from his 

 ditches and meadows, and this is intermixed with the manure of his 

 cattle from above. His barn yard is paved, and the washings of this 

 likewise all flow into the cellar. His store hogs are likewise kept in 

 the cellar. The deposits of all his stables go into the same reser- 

 voir. Besides this, his cattle are tied in the barn every night, sum- 



