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feet in 60 feet, and come up under the cornice of the center 

 building. As these wings will cost about the same money 

 with posts 16 feet long as with posts 20 feet, and the latter 

 height will hold about 40 per cent, more, and as this storage 

 room will be wanted for so many animals, it will be better 

 to provide room in abundance, and make the posts 20 feet 

 long. 



The floor in the wing above the basement will run length- 

 wise of the building, and will be 16 feet wide, so that the 

 posts on either side of the floor, running up to the cross- 

 beam over the floor, may stand on a sill running lengthwise 

 over the basement, and eight feet from the center, sup- 

 ported by the stanchion timbers. These two sills will be 

 strongly supported the whole length by the stanchion posts, 

 placed only 38 inches from center to center, and will con- 

 sequently hold the whole interior structure above. The 

 bays on each side of the floor will be 22 feet wide, and 

 there will be no loss in so wide a floor, as the hay may be 

 mowed one or two feet upon each edge of the floor if more 

 room is desired. There will be 12 bents, the outside posts 

 being about 18 feet 2 inches from center to center. The 

 top of the cross-beams, running from side to side of the 

 barn, will be 13 feet above the sill, and will be spliced at 

 the post, or between the posts, on either side of the floor. 

 On three of the bents the cross-beams should be carried up 

 nearly to the plates, and the posts at the side of the floor 

 must also be carried up to support the beam. The three 

 bents (every third one) will tie the barn together, and, 

 being so far apart, will not obstruct pitching with the 

 horse-fork. These high beams, besides being pinned to the 

 outside posts, should have a stirrup around the post, coming 

 back ten inches upon the beam, with a %-inch bolt through 

 the stirrup and the beam, turned up tight with a nut ; and, 

 if the beams are well spliced in the middle, this will hold 

 the barn firmly from spreading at the plates. Now, to 



