A GOOD ALFALFA SHED lOI 



This can be divided into different sedlions, and the 

 stock fed diredlly out of the mow into the mangers, 

 thus housing a large number of animals in one place 

 with all the hay under one roof. A crib for corn or 

 a bin for oats can be easily construdled in this shed, so 

 as to have the feed all together. One of the advan- 

 tages of this shed is the protedtion it affords against 

 the winter blast, and still another, the fadt that if 

 abundance of straw is hauled in for bedding the ma- 

 nure can be kept through the winter, and through the 

 summer if need be, under cover without loss. It is 

 very easy, if a farmer wishes to invest still more money, 

 to make a barn on this general idea, having a large 

 bay in the center, and cattle-stalls and sheds all around 

 it. In fadl, with the exception of the octagonal barn, 

 this plan will give more accommodation than any other 

 plan of barn with which we are acquainted. ' ' 



If hay is well cured before it is put in the mow 

 there is not much need of making special provisions for 

 ventilators. But if the hay season is a rainy one, the 

 grass is often taken from the field before it is thorough- 

 ly cured. This, when it is put into large barns, is apt 

 to heat and be much injured. In order to prevent 

 this, ventilators can be construdted in different ways. 



An upright ventilator made of four twelve-inch 

 boards set in the middle of the mow floor is good, but 

 in using a hay-fork this is often in the way and in- 

 convenient. These twelve-inch square boxes can be 

 utilized in another way. Make several the length of 

 the mow in which they are placed, and in each bore a 

 number of two-inch auger-holes. Fill in hay to the 

 depth of six or eight feet, then put in another ven- 

 tilator, and so on. 



