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THE AGRECULTURAL GAZETTE, 
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now how any years ‘ahi 
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craks me eans let ` them a Viel the absurdities | direction H or I, or it may ‘oe over the straw ac 
ft Thus much tor the arrangements of the barns 
themselves — when considering the 
and its applications, " shall again have to advert to 
fuse to treat of ti 
motive power | boardin: 
slate ajame.: 
Ben mfi iin ng, in the ease o! f, 
the inside Anse of the wall until i 
in place of aig: it ir the vale, or 
where the wall- plate o of the e roo oof res interior 
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into. the ba: argain lf 
drill as sed hexameters, piee giv 
Apar a good speculation, 
It would co the subje eet to tre 
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modifieations i in the dpe n of tl 
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the floor, with a ft skirting of wood, 
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z month or s0. 
p 
clkirting, 
t wanted, tor 
n improve 
The windows of the dressing and corn-barns: 
tion of food and other matters. I shall, uaan sg 
ceed to the consideration of the construction of thes 
buildings 
a The dressing barn may be eight feet high from the 
£ ag 
f the joisting of the corn barn; 
to be higher, to afford space for the 
to the hoppers of the 
t is better t 
davai; which, raise the corn 
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i soit piy chea art tiele in 
ere is: such a necessar: 
d plenty ron the one © side, 
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well lighted. The side walls of the corn spein ee 
not be less than 5 feet abo ve the floors, but s 
roe ensu 
barn may of til r 
one sa t aspalto y J Es bes in my opinion, is one of 
stoni The: wever, a pretty general pre- 
all a 
d 
the other, employment | 
for all who ar The pre- | 
paration of agricultural produce is 
as any other. 
other 
e engaged i in m the ern ms 
FARM BUILDINGS. 
as truly a manufac- | 0 
se, and 
aia. the m 
steal stew 
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Whatev 
it be impervious to ho oaie of ve In the 
a wooden foe he oer eg of hae 
ae ìl and subso il ar re dug 
case 
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1 of the fl “Briss 
inches 
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Barns.—These are, lst: The barn for unthras 
corn gh is generally on the second floor, ed con- 
4 tains. t achinery for thrashing. 2d, the dre 
is filled wit! g t Daai about 
1 foot or more, seta to ae ‘otal depth, indr abov ve 
chaff- ouso 
rte machin 
; rally | situated under the former. 3d, th 
ff from the winnow 
And 4th, the straw barn in 
_ and is generally a small apartment partitioned off from foo: 
whi 
lime m n fact, a horizontal wall. In this stratum 
of solid building ee ‘sleepers or joists are bedded, and 
it is carried to aa 14 inch of the under side of the 
| Hos rds. s then m grout ted, o or in some cases 
Sea | 
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Fig. & 
ond 
_ the dressing barn. 
the thrashed 
M” At 
stra w is s tored for use. On mae the ; fig. 5-is an: elevatio! d fig. 6 a vertical 
r : his; though, for a time; ef g. 5 is anveleva nyan g: 6 a verti 
E de co Ezi soap asas pn oF saraca no sa Ser de ads o of rm se nen. te will be seen that the upper part of the: 
; crop is not adop a eto be The is the certain early | Window is 
povided to lodge the whole unthrashed corn of the byt tr be eta no ra “tod, with co rrespondin, openings. The! 
farm, but as such b 3 buildings are inconsistent with the equalities ae ee by 2s Srg poh outer frat a fixed, but is inner y ee is made to 
arrangements required in a properly conducted mix Ta swith thee wort i slide so that its openings m y be opposi sito those: of the: 
a Se x ned ea otc es jine almost always perform eho t the word of the tan ree pr ther openings dk amas oe 
slo Bes 
PNE dive tral being seldom broken small enough, the i a: =] ee kinai ticle “ak ndow v Bere  eeanse we skali tinar 
re water or i A he ont — sat entl 
į . | should be solid building above this stratum seldom de- quently to 
ing 5 a in:amount of space bein = A In cases, de a on po situation „e ar 
to to contain „the EF Ga serves the character ; on the contrary, ey eee ns 
si in the corn and 
greater 
in packing, as it is technically termed, that is, in n the 
in a 
aren by aoe ore me straw ie thaini is nae 
ones are filled up, the place of which, if oad at all, | 
mi 
- tothe maat of wo machine 
Bein 
t | Proof b 
able “burrowing places provided for s of vermin: 
This 
è ing i ineffectua =? nd also expensive, I shall de- 
I practise. 
method, then, of rendering faaan ri baie vermin- | 
Rompe They may thus be hung on 
rior of the wall, o r, what i isa 
4 represents t 
i jones convenient _arrangemen 
Of the thras 
Wi 
t, and the vertical line ‘hs 
Lal} fa the rakes 
P 
hing machine into yi centre of the straw 
ed; 
taidi 
a | bas shown not only to A 
u ea mia wd the’ im- | 
arenans s the ie may Soke ebie poe 
| tected from injury. This simple manner reper cca | 
== figures: i 
doors will be illustrated by 
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barn, brs and i ia conveyed right a von Ber to be stor itis filled in to the ho dept o of a a 2 fow inches wit _ The i ma fe ee partion of the dress 
very good arran and one easily paneer’ stones bro be taken that ing-barn ioned off, it is not necessary to 
arpacess! is the pr naa further. I co JOP s ee 
— barn. straw when there is mo: 
=w debris of the bing pe a "These are Properly | above it, should be 10 or 11 feet i height, benan file’ 
this barw may be 
ts arelaid; and to ensu re perfect tightness round the a 
=s walls and also the « dwarf walls, the flags are formed of any of the materials enumerated as suitable 
F for the dressing-barn, excepting wood; but the floor 
eek in th i bui ilding, Tt is not really 50, bwever fir generall jand neppen a ka it 
the great the scorize of a smith’s forge, well tempered 4 
hei htt to receive e herm so that there is no trouble and laid on a stratum of —— the sites, 
in making tight wo this of course, pee drained as in t eases. This 
ee. wad Fig. 3. | composition is greatly improved by ‘the. addition of 
ee ear Malake blood 5 it sos sate properly made, beeomes 
peg he frequent failures im composition 
bere re fio rs arise from rials not being of good qua- 
ig the foondstion OF lity, and from the want of a little additional os dep 
the are in general not incorporated by workings 
Se The straw-barn walls do not require to: be: plastered. 
broken ner ie Light and ventilatio ined: by narrow openings: 
vel, B e u imthe w s, fitted a rtical board, — 
into the walls at the with the ‘on pri wall an i eer tip a 
Cae dt A admits more or less 
she ee son perforated iron e 
is, of course, 
not nearly s v1 good, if sonra cult he over- 
r floor is construci 
stones, but in the 
Apres y should be Ue AAA saeh on 
i while in the | 
sa aga of size ry requi 
e pA the barn, where a seny e | E 
guard against vermin lodging, is the giper: To 
Sift nh ain sl a whew | 
the division-walls carried | the 
