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NEW ENGLAND FAR]\IER. 



April 



Salt and lye are excellent preservatives of 

 wood. It is well known that leach-tubs, 

 troughs, and other articles used in the manu- 

 facture of potash, never rot. They become 

 saturated with the alkali, turn yellowish inside, 

 and remain impervious to the action of the 

 weather. 



I hope the experiment will be tried. The 

 expense is trifling, which is one thing in its 

 favor. Granite. 



Bloomfidd, G. W., 2d mo., mh, 1870. 



Remarks. — The use of salt in liquid for 

 soaking shingles has been objected to on ac- 

 count of its causing the nails to rust. Some- 

 times the nails fail first, when the shingles are 

 not soaked at all. 



For the New England Farmer, 

 A CONVENIENT CATTLE BAKN. 



As I have seen several plans of barns, both 

 for cattle and sheep, in your valuable paper, 

 I send you a plan of one built in the summer 

 oflSGl. 



The barn is fifty-one feet long and forty-five 

 feet wide, with a shed on the south end, forty- 

 five feet long and sixteen feet wide, with one 

 roof attached to the barn. The following is 

 the 



South. 



Explanation of Plan of Basement.— T^o, 1, stairway, 

 8 fett wide; Nj. 2, walk in front of the stable, 51x6 J; 

 No. 3, bull pen, 12^x13, including crib; No. 4, pens for 



young stock or cows, while foM^g, 12.^x13, including 

 crib; No. 6, cow ihed and yard; No. 6, ox shed and 

 j'ard ; No. 7, steer ehed and yard ; No. 8, place to store 

 wagons, &o.; d, stands for door; «;, fjr ■window; wt, 

 for water troughs ; B, for bars ; G, for gat^s. The dot- 

 ted lines represent the fence in the yard, and the crib iii 

 the stable ; No. 9, walk for the cattle from the yard 

 to the stable above; No. 10, drive way from the yard to 

 the main road. 



PLAN OF FIRST FLOOR. 



North. 



South, 

 Explanation of Plan of First Floor. — No. 1, tool 

 room, 12.^x18^ feet, with three doors and one window; 

 No. 2, bay 18Jx38J; No. 3, shed, 16x45, with two doors 

 and one window over each door; No. 4, cow stable, 

 25|xl4, including crib; No. 5, ox stable, 25r^xl4, includ- 

 ing crib; No. 6, barn floor, 51x11 i. There is a long 

 window over each of the two large doors; d, indicates 

 door; w, window; P, pitoh-holes for passing hay to 

 the walk below. 



The barn is supported by a whole wall on 

 two sides, banked to the top with earth. The 

 posts are sixteen feet in length. 



We intend to keep good stock in this barn. 

 And if you, Mr. Editor, or any of the readers 

 of the Farmer happen in this neij»hborhood 

 we shall be pleased to show both the barn and 

 the stock that are fed in it. H. Black. 



Putney, Vt., Jan. 25, 1870. 



For the New England Farmer, 



THE "JOHN MORRIIiL" OK "WOOD- 

 STOCK" HOUSE. 



In your last issue an inquiry is made about 

 the "John Morrill Horse." This horse was 

 foaled in Barre, Vt., or in that immediate 

 vicinity, in the spring of 1857. When one 

 year and a few months old he was bought by 



