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in the same way. A simple arrangement which it may appear tri- 

 fling to mention, impressed me by its shrewdness and good judg- 

 ment. Ordinarily, fire wood is piled horizontally, and when exposed 

 to the weather, becomes water soaked and mouldy. Their billets of 

 wood being sawed were stacked up in convenient piles, the sticks 

 being placed upright on the end, so that any water which fell upon the 

 pile was immediately drained off. After being sawed they were neatly 

 put up under cover. 



T have already referred to their magnificent barn, built of stone of 

 a circular form, three stories in height, ninety-six feet in diameter, 

 and capable, as well as may be calculated, of containing from three to 

 four hundred tons of hay. The carts enter in the second story ; the 

 floor or drive-way is continued round by the wall for the whole of 

 the circle, so that the cart passes round the entire distance, and when 

 the hay is discharged, goes out at the same door at which it entered. 

 All the hay is deposited in the centre. Several loaded wagons may- 

 stand in the floor, and be sheltered and unloaded at the same time. 



The roof is a beautiful and curious specimen of carpentry ; and 

 appears to be most securely supported. In the centre of the floor, 

 there rises to the apex of the roof a single column as large as an ad- 

 miral's mast, around which a hollow frame of slats is fixed, and which 

 serves as a ventilator or chimney to discharge the steam of the hay. 

 It is open at the top, and protected by a small cupola against the rain. 

 At the same time the hay is raised from the ground, about a foot by 

 an open floor of slats, so that there is, while the hay is new, a con- 

 stant circulation of air up this chimney ; and one of the friends 

 informed me, that the steam passing from the hay in this mode was 

 oftentimes so dense, that, to use his own expression, "you could 

 wash your hands in it." The arrangements for the cattle are in the 

 lower story, where every animal has its place and number, and where 

 every cow is designated by a label on the post as in milk or other- 

 wise. In this circular form, there is of course a considerable loss of 

 room ; yet the method of feeding is easy ; the place is kept clean ; 

 the whole arrangements are convenient ; and the kindly treated ani- 

 mals standing around this huge mass of hay, have at least the pleasure of 

 seeing the good things in store for them. These friends have singu- 

 lar advantages, in the amount of labor which they are able at any 

 time to command and apply to any object which they have in view ; 



