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and are intended so much to gratify taste as 'well as to conform 

 to convenience, that any rules relating to them are not easily 

 laid down, AVith regard to the farm buildings proper, those 

 buildings intended to shelter the animals, and to store the 

 crops of the farm, something more definite may be said. They 

 should be as compact, and at the same time as commodious as 

 possible. It is important to avoid as much as may be, all ex- 

 travagance of roofing — for the roof is the most expensive part 

 of the building to keep in repair. Whether the building be 5, 

 stable, or a piggery, or a granary, or a barn, economy of roof 

 should be one of the first considerations. It would be well to 

 cover all these offices referred to with one roof if possible. — 

 This may be done to a very considerable extent, by a properly 

 arranged barn with a cellar. 



Such a barn as this is rarely seen. There are many build- 

 ings erected for the purposes of a barn, which are more re- 

 markable for their intricate and labarynthine passages, and 

 their inconvenient arrangements than for anything else. In 

 structures like these, the visitor is constantly astonished with 

 some new and unexpected receptacle for hay, or some suddenly 

 discovered retreat for a few cattle, or a concealed stall or two 

 for horses, or a bit of a cellar, just where a cellar was least 

 anticipated. He is never impressed with the simplicity, and 

 convenience and capacity of the building, never surprised to 

 find how many cattle can find shelter in it, nor what ample 

 storage it furnishes for hay, grain, etc. And yet this is the 

 great requisite for a barn. 



In the cellar of a well-designed barn, can be found room 

 for the deposit of manure, the storage of roots, and the shelter 

 of swine. In the building itself, it is easy to arrange a grana- 

 ry, stalls for horses, and accommodations for cattle. The mows, 

 bays, and space over the driveway, may be filled with hay, and 

 whatever buildings may be required on the farm for sheep, or 

 poultry, or for the protection of carts, wagons, etc., may be 

 connected with it. A multiplication of buildings is always a 

 misfortune to the farmer. It increases the original cost of 



