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NEW ENGLAND FAEJklER. 



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FARM BARN OF THE MASSACHUSETTS AGRICUIjTURAIi COLLEGE. 



The barn erected during the past season, at 

 the Massachusetts Agricultural College in 

 Amherst, is especially designed for neat 

 iitock, sheep and swine. It will contain from 

 100 to 150 tons of hay, according to the meth- 

 od adopted for mowing it, and has accommo- 

 dations for fifty head of cattle and fifty sheep. 

 It is located on the west side of the cen- 

 tral ridge of the farm, which runs north and 

 south, and the principal entrance is at the 

 east end. The yard is on the south side of 

 the barn and protected from the west winds 

 by an ell 20x75 feet, containing a sheep pen 

 and a shed for cattle, above which is room for 

 fodder. The cU is represented on the dia- 

 gram at H, and at K is a trough for water. 

 This is in the centre of the yard, which is 75x 

 100 feet, and enclosed on the east and south 

 by a tight board fence, five feet in height. 

 The water flows through a two-inch iron pipe, 

 with fifty feet of fall, the supply being regu- 

 lated by a valve, and the surplus is carried to 

 the fcheep-pen, and thence to the slope in the 



rear of the barn. The trough is only six 

 inches deep, so that the water is always fresh 

 and clean. The barn is built of wood upon a 

 foundation of granite, and is 50x100 feet. 



The cellar for manure is 11 feet in the 

 clear, and extends under the entire building. 

 It is lighted and ventilated by windows 

 on the north and south sides. The en- 

 trances for teams AA are at the west, and 

 nearly on the level of the cellar bottom, and 

 are twelve feet in width. The stairs from the 

 story above are at M. 



The first floor is about two feet above the 

 ground in the yard, into which it opens by 

 three doors. This story is well lighted by 

 twelve windows 3xG feet, and ventilated by 

 four ventilating flues, vvvv, extending from the 

 four corners to the roof, and by the lowering 

 of the upper sashes of the windows, which 

 are hung with weights. It is eight feet in the 

 clear, and contains, at BB, six box stalls 8x10 

 ftet; at G a calf pen 10x20 feet; and at F a 

 root-room 10x30 feet into which roots are 



