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which are a barn and hay-chamber ; with a 

 CHAMEER-BARN-FLooR ! a thing I had not 

 leen, nor conceived an idea of, before I ob- 

 ferved it, in more inftances than one, in this 

 Dilbidti 



The above-mentioned is the only one I 

 have feen in a new ereftion j I have howevef 

 had full opportunity of obferving the ufe of 

 another thrown over a cow-houfe; in a large 

 old building which had long been ufed as a 

 barn, liable, and beatl-houle. 



The advantages of a chamber-barn* 

 FLOOR arc drynefs, cleannefs from dirt car- 

 ried in with the feet^ and fccurity againft 

 pi^s, poultry, and other accidents to which 

 ground-floors arc more liable : for thrafhing 

 wheat upon, chamber-floors are obvioully'pre- 

 fcrable to ground-floors ; moll efpecially in 

 lov/ dirty fituations. 



No effential difadvantage has yet (Iruck 

 me refpefting a chamber thrafhing-floor ; 

 but with rcfped: to a chamber-barn, there 

 is one which is obvious ; namely, that of 

 having the corn at harvefl, a bufy fcr.fon, to 

 ruifc one ftory higher than ordinary. 



If 



