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mow be had overhead ; so, a floor may be carried over the threshing floor, 
and this space utilized in the same way. Practically you have the space 
at less expense. 
A Quarter Section Farm Barn. 
In the West and South, the farmer of 160 to 200 acres may get along 
very well with a side-hill barn forty-two by sixty feet. It will give ample 
room for a bay 16 by 60 ; a floor 13 by 60 ; horse stable 13 by 60, con- 
taining 5 single and 1 double stall, or 2 single stalls and 3 double stalls ; 
a room for implements 10 by 13 ; a granary 12 by 13, and a tool room 
half that size ; while tho basement may bo devoted entirely to the stabling 
of cattle, with calf pens, a sheep pen, and, if necessary, a shed enclosed 
on three sides. The granary will hold over 600 bushels of grain, and 
may be divided into bins for Winter and Spring wheat, oats, barley, and 
ground feed for stock. Tho basement may contain two rows of cattle 
stalls, with passage way between, six feet wide, with shoots leading to tho 
upper part of the barn for delivering hay, grain, and other feed. This 
jvill leave a space 12 by 60, which may contain calf-pens and a place for 
sheep, and it may bo so arranged by means of sliding doors that it may 
be entirely closed in inclement weather. This basement will contain stalls 
for thirty-two cattle, and the manure may be thrown directly into a cart 
or wagon and hauled directly where it is wanted. 
This barn may, of course, bo enlarged by adding on, to accommodate 
any required amount of stock ; but, if a much larger barn than this is 
wanted, the square or octagonal form should be used. It will give largely 
increased room in proportion to the cost. 
A Common-sense Barn. 
Above we give an outline of the basement of a barn forty feet wide and 
sixty feet long, with a lean-to overshot extending twenty feet in front. 
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