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by his hired help, can do the work. It is true, however, that few per- 
sons, the first time they build, do so economically. Let us see how this 
may be fairly accomplished. Suppose the structure is to be a simple 
roofed shed affair. Decide upon the length. The width should not be 
more than twelve feet for a single pitch roof. Allow that it is to be 
ninety-eight feet long. Sot four heavy posts for the corners, three feet 
in the ground, and of the required height. The lower it is the warmer' 
it will be, so it be high enough for the cattle to walk under the plates, 1 
Between the two end posts set, exactly in line, six posts each fourteen 
feet apart, and five and one-half feet high from the average ground line. 
Proceed in the same manner with the front, the posts to be nine feet 
above ground. At the back, now set seven lighter posts in the fourteen 
feet spaces. Saw them all off to an ‘equal height, spike on four inch 
Boan t.lin g from post to post in front, and two by four for the back. It is 
now ready for the roof, which is to be firmly nailed from front to rear. 
Board the front down to within five and a half feet of the ground, and 
the ends and back entirely to the ground. Thus the she'd is complete, 
except banking up. This is important and will add fully one-half to its 
warmth. A good way to do this is to lay a line of sods one foot from 
the rear, and fill in with earth or old litter, carrying the banking at least 
four feet high ; or, posts may be set two feet from the wall, with suf- 
ficient strips nailed thereon to hold the litter, and the whole filled in and 
rammed tight. , 
A Cheap Stable. 
Do you prefer a stable, take the form given for a hip or double-roofed 
(jhed. Board the whole tight all around, leaving space for doors and 
'windows; batten the cracks, lay the floor, put in stanchions or uprights 
for fastening the cattle, leaving a feeding place in front, and the whole 
is complete. 
We prefer rings to slide up and down, upon standards three inches 
thick, to* stanchions. Now this style of stable will not be strong enough 
to allow their being fastened to the floor above. Set strong posts seven 
feet apart and four and a half feet high, sawed off square on top, and 
three feet out from the wall. Prepare six -inch scantling to be pinned 
firmly to the posts, twelve inches from the ground, and on the inside next 
the wall j the scantling bored, each three feet, with two-inch holes. This 
will be wide enough for cows. Larger cattle must have three feet, three, 
inches. Prepare other scantling bored in similar manner for the tops of 
the posts. Take three-inch smooth saplings ; sharpen the lower ends just 
§o they will drive firmly into the holes in the lower scantling when it i* 
