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A PENNSYLVANIA BARN. 
We are authorized to fit up these machines ex¬ 
pressly for the South, accompanied by a skilful agent 
to put them in order, who will be able to remain 
sufficiently long to instruct an ingenious and trac¬ 
table person in the art of its use. The price of each 
machine, will be $250, including the right of th3 
county in which it is to'be put up, consisting of a 
grinding mill, with the moulding machine attached, 
a set of five moulds and five apartments, and a No. 
40 copper-wire sieve, all complete. 
To show the extent and value of its use, in one 
town, at least, we insert the following extract of a 
letter addressed to T. B Wakeman, Corresponding 
Secretary of the American Institute, from Messrs. 
Hubbell and. Abbott, who have-been engaged in the 
brick-making business for twenty years. 
“ This machine we* have used for the last three 
years, to our entire satisfaction ; it is simple in its 
construction, easily kept in order, and can be 
worked by men of the most ordinary capacity, 
moulding with ease, from ten to twelve thousand 
per day, better bricks than can be moulded by hand 
or any other machine. We have had thirty of 
them in operation for the last two years, using 
fifteen of them alternate days, making each year 
about 15,000,000 bricks, and during that time the 
expense of repairing the thirty machines has not 
amounted to $10. This is not an exaggerated 
statement, but the plain simple truth, such as we 
are willing to give in . person to any one who 
wishes more particular information upon the sub¬ 
ject, and will favor, us with a call. 
“ P. Hubbell. 
“ Almon Abbott.” 
Charlestown, Mass., Dec. 9 th , 1846. 
A PENNSYLVANIA BARN. 
The high degree of perfection 
which agriculture has attained 
in Pennsylvania, compared 
with some other portions of 
the Union, has been commented 
upon by travellers from Europe 
as well as from every section 
of our country. Perhaps there 
is no particular feature which 
more distinctly indicates that 
perfection than the farm-build¬ 
ings, certainly there is nothing 
which more forcibly attracts the 
stranger’s eye on entering with¬ 
in the bounds of that state, 
where he is at once assured 
that no niggardly regard to ex¬ 
penditure for useful purposes, 
influences a Pennsylvania 
farmer ; though his own dwell¬ 
ing be of an unpretending cha¬ 
racter, the means for housing 
his crops and sheltering his 
flocks, are on an ample scale. 
Poor indeed would he judge 
that economy to be, which per¬ 
mitted a sheaf to suffer injury for want of 
adequate protection. 
The subjoined drawings illustrate a barn 
of moderate- size, but judicious construe* 
tion, yielding as much advantage as it is 
possible to possess within tire same space. 
Its dimensions are, 60 by 40 feet, with an 
elevation of 30 feet to the eaves. It is on 
the estate of James P. Hutchinson, Esq., 
Montgomery county, nine miles from Phi¬ 
ladelphia. The barn-yard is supplied with 
water by Montgolfier’s hydraulic ram, 
from a reservoir 900 feet distant; the 
supply is 800 gallons per day; the dwell- 
ling-house is also supplied by the same 
power (2,000 gallons per day). The eleva¬ 
tion from the ram to the barn is 40> feet 
perpendicular height ; these items are 
stated to show the great power of this 
Front Elevation.—Fig. 3. 
Ground, or Lower Floor.—Fig. 4. 
