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A MASSACHUSETTS BARN. 
A MASSACHUSETTS BARN 
I have been in nearly every State in the Union, 
and paid considerable attention to their agriculture, 
and especially the farm buildings ; and, after all, I 
do not know anything in this line superior to the 
barns of my native State, Old Massachusetts, for 
the general purposes of the farmer As an admir¬ 
able example of these, I subjoin a sketch and de¬ 
scription of one built by Mr. Cyrus Knox, of 
Palmer. The ground on the front is on a level 
with the first story ; back and to the side of this it 
descends, having an open shed, as shown on the 
left of the sketch,and abasement story 
Description of Elevation.—b b , Large doors, which 
open on to the barn floor. 
d, Stable door. 
The windows slide back and forth, for the pur¬ 
pose of ventilation when necessary. 
Description of Ground Floor. — a, Barn floor, 12 
feet by 60. 
b b, Doors hung on iron rods and rollers over 
head, like the folding doors of the parlors of our 
modern houses in the cities, opening and closing 
with equal ease; made of 11 inch clean stuff, and 
battened on the outside with open battens, formed 
so as to give the doors the appearance of pannel 
work. The posts on each side of the doors are 14 
inches wide, with a piece sawed out of the centre, 
through which he doors pass. The posts are 
framed into the sills with a double cock-tenon, to 
give strength. 
cc, Stone door sills, 16 feet long by 18 inches 
wide, with a lip raised on the inside, against which 
the doors rest, and then slanting with a bevel 
outward. 
d, Stable, 12 feet by 24, with fixtures for one pair 
working horses, and two yoke of oxen. 
e, Bay, 8 feet high, until it rises above the stable, 
then it runs the whole length of the barn, 60 feet. 
f, Store room, 16 feet square, with a flight of 
stairs leading into the cellar, 8 feet high. 
g, Bay, 16 feet by 44, until it rises above the 
ceiling of the store room, then it goes the whole 
length of the barn, 60 feet. 
&h. Upright posts framed into timbers above and 
