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DAIRYING, 



Dairy-Barns. 



Pig. 832. — Model Dairy-barn— Basement Plan. 



So diverse is the con- 

 formation of. the land in 

 different parts of our coun- 

 try, that any directions in 

 the construction of dairy- 

 buildings, or barns on dai- 

 ry-farms, would be scarce- 

 ly applicable. In hilly 

 and thickly wooded sec- 

 tions an entirely differ- 

 ent class of structures 



A, fourteen granite posts ; C, cistern ; R, bull-yard ; H, J s needed from what is re- 

 shea ; P, P, P, P, pens ; B, R, R, R, root-bins j W, water- . , . 

 trough ; F, entrance to basement ; G, entrance to manure quired in open or prairie 



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country. The great Mid- 

 dle States, Ohio and Penn- 

 sylvania, are noted for 

 their magnificent barns, 

 generally located on side- 

 hills, and possessing an 

 air of solidity, conven- 

 ience, and comfort that 

 never fails to attract the 

 attention of the passing 

 traveler. But these same 

 structures would be 

 deemed clumsy and cum- 

 bersome on the level prai- 

 ries of the West. 



We present herewith a 



Fig. 838.— Model Dairy-barn— Ground-floor Plan. 



A, A, A, A, stalls ; P, P, P, P, pens ; C, C, C, C, calf- 

 pens ; TJ, workshop ; O, oxen tie-ups ; H, horse-stalls ; V, perspective view, and also 

 bins ; S, sheds ; M, milk-room ; T, traps ; U, stairs. , 



basement and ground 



plans, qf an admirably designed and conveniently arranged dairy 



barn, adapted to nearly any locality. 



In no department of agriculture has the American inventive 

 capacity been more favorably developed than in the great variety of 

 plans for stock barns ; but we have seen none we like better than 

 the one we present. 



In this connection we give, in F.ig. 835, an illustration of a re- 

 markably convenient stall for two cows, in which it will be observed 

 that the fodder-racks are arranged vertically instead of overhead, 

 which enables the cow to eat her food as she lies, a thing which 



