PLANS OF BARNS AND MILK ROOMS 335 



-which is higher than is generally permissible with the King system of 

 ventilation to prevent loss of animal heat. 



The climate is, however, extremely mild, the temperature seldom 

 •dropping much below freezing in winter hereabouts. The King system 

 is nevertheless followed ; there being ten inlets, between ten windows 



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"Rough Sketch of Ground Plan of Barn for Forty Cows, W. H. Paulhamus, Esq., 



Sumner, Washing'.on. 



{10) on each side of the barn, near the ceiling. These openings are 

 six by six inches, and bring the air in shafts between the layers of the 

 walls of the building from a point outside near the ground. The 

 windows in the sides of the barn are three and one-half feet square, 

 ^and between them in the sketch may be seen lines (No. 8) showing 

 the point of entrance of the inlets for fresh air. 



The shafts for outlet of air are in the opposite corners of the 



