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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[April, 
The Use of Corn for Fuel. 
Some journals, whose conductors know very lit¬ 
tle about corn growing, and other things in the 
Fig. 1.— PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF LIVERY STABLE. 
West, make their annual outcry in regard to the 
extensive consumption of corn for fuel, which they 
consider a great and inexcusable waste. Suppose 
the Nebraska or Minnesota farmers were to sell 
two tons of corn for six dollars, and buy half a ton 
of coal for the money, and the corn were at once 
taken to a distillery and turned into whiskey. 
Would this be any better? The farmer would prob¬ 
ably have to make two journeys of 10 or 20 miles 
each, with his loads, and be out of pocket at least 
$6 by his trade. The fact is, corn is an excellent 
fuel, and although it may seem at first sight to be 
wrong to burn up an article of food, yet it is but a 
mere sentiment which overlooks the fact that to 
warm one’s self by a fire, and to do the same by the 
consumption of food, are in the end precisely simi¬ 
lar in etfect. If more warmth can be procured by 
consuming, in a stove, a dollar’s worth of corn, 
than a dollar’s worth of coal, it is a legitimate use 
for the corn ; but when there is neither coal nor 
wood at hand, what should these people do when 
the winter’s cold pinches, if the corn from their 
well-filled cribs could not supply them with fuel ? 
A Plan for a Livery Stable. 
At the present time, when economy must be 
strictly observed by many persons whose income 
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Fig. 2.— PLAN OF STABLE. 
is reduced by reverses, or lessened profits of busi¬ 
ness, the livery business is increasing its extent. 
Many who have hitherto kept carriages and horses, 
have been obliged to give them up, on account of 
the expense, and to hire them from a livery stable 
when occasionally need- 
A_ . ed. This has resulted 
in a greatly increased 
demand for hired horses 
and carriages, which 
shows itself in the 
curious way, amongst 
others, of inquiries made of us about building 
and furnishing livery stables. The essential 
needs in a livery stable are: a convenient ar¬ 
rangement for stalling the horses, and for storing 
away the carriages. There must be means pro- 
Fig. 3.— troughs. 
vided for perfect cleanliness, as nothing injures a 
carriage more quickly than the ammoniacal vapors 
from a foul stable. A proper arrangement for 
cheapness and convenience would be as follows : 
The building should be from 25 to 36 feet wide, ac¬ 
cording to the ground 
that can be spared for 
it, and as long as neces¬ 
sary to accomodate the 
number of horses to be 
kept, allowing 5 feet for 
each single stall. Gen¬ 
erally, it will be found 
best to build so that ad¬ 
ditional length can be 
added, as business in¬ 
creases. The inside ar¬ 
rangement is as shown 
at figure 2. The office 
is placed at the entrance 
upon one side. Oppo¬ 
site,is the pump and wa¬ 
ter-trough, this trough 
is connected by pipes 
with each feed-trough, 
one end of which is 
made water-tight and 
separate for water. The 
connections are made as 
shown at figure 3 ; a be¬ 
ing the water-trough, h 
the watering boxes for two adjoining feed-troughs, 
both being supplied by one inlet pipe. The pipe 
goes through the stable and has a cock beneath 
the water-trough, by which the water-boxes are 
drained into the sink. The pump should be one 
that can be used either for a force or a suction 
pump, so that, by means of hose, the water can be 
carried to any part of the building. Along the 
center, is a row of trap¬ 
doors, through which the 
manure and drainage of 
the floor are dropped into 
the cellar. Alternating 
between the doors, are 
posts furnished with 
hangers, upon which the 
harness is suspended. 
Opposite to the horses is 
the space for carriages. 
This is provided with 
shallow gutters, to drain 
the water from the wash¬ 
ing into the trap-doors 
and the cellar. Iufrontof 
the horses, is a row of 
small windows, one for 
each stall, provided with 
lattice shutters, sash, and 
fly-proof netting, so as to 
give plenty of ventilation, 
but only moderate light. 
These should be above 
the horses’ heads and 
near the ceiling. The hay 
and feed bins should be 
kept above, and spouts 
provided to drop the feed into each trough below. 
That no hay or other matter may enter the water- 
pipe, the inlets are covered with mushroom strain¬ 
ers. At figure 1 is an elevation of the building. 
A Combined Carriage and Tool House. 
A number have asked for a plan of a carriage, 
wagon, and tool house in one building, suitable 
for a large farm. The accompanying engravings 
give a plan for such a budding, with a granary 
above. The structure may be 16 or 18 feet high 
to the eaves, which will give a space of 9 feet 
in the clear for the lower story, and 6 feet in the 
clear for the granary at the wails, and 10 or 11 feet 
in the center between the bins. It should be at 
least 24 feet wide, and 48 feet long, to give ample 
space for moving about in it. The wagon and cart 
house would be at one end, and 24 feet square, 
shown in the plan (fig. 1), to contain three wagons 
and a cart. The doors of this portion slide upon 
rollers, and, to facilitate the movements of the 
wagons in or out, are in three divisions. The car¬ 
riage house is in the center, with the entrance at 
Fig. 1.— PLAN OF WAGON HOUSE. 
the front. Here is room for two carriages, and a 
tool house adjoining, with entrance at the end op¬ 
posite to that of the wagon house. In the carriage 
house there should be a well and a force pump fur¬ 
nished with a hose, for the purpose of washing off 
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Fig. 2. — PLAN OF THE UPPER FLOOR, 
the carriages, and the floor should be made slightly 
sloping each way to the center, with a gutter there 
to carry off the water to the rear. One of the 
Blunt’s “Universal Pumps,” made by the Nason 
Manufacturing Co., of New York, would be most 
useful for this purpose, being the most easily 
worked, and the most effective of its kind that we 
know of. It is either a force pump or a draw pump. 
If it would be more convenient to have the pump 
outside of the building, one of the “ Standard Non- 
Fig. 3. —VIEW OF COMBINED WAGON AND TOOL HOUSE. 
freezing” out-door pumps, of the same makers, 
would be found useful, either in winter or summer. 
In case of a fire among the buildings, the pump 
would be found of the greatest value. The upper 
floor may be reached by a stairway outside, or from 
the inside, as may be most convenient. The plan 
of the bins is given at figure 2. On one side are the 
three grain bins, and on the other, two lathed bins 
for corn in the ear. Between these is the hoisting 
wheel and door; the' l| y 
plan of the hoist is « 
shown at figui e 4; o* be r—.. 
ing the winding barrel, ||lj|c 
b the pulley wheel, with Fi 4 —hoist. 
an endless rope hanging 
upon it, and c the pulley in the cat-head. The hoist 
is supported by hangers fastened to the roof timbers 
and the plate. Figure 3 is the elevation, which 
may be changed to suit the wishes or the means 
of the builder. Here it is made perfectly plain, in 
order to meet the wishes of the most economical. 
