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A Medium-Sized Barn. 
U. H. HARRIS, ME. 
The best site for buildiDg the barn shown in fig¬ 
ures 1 to 6 is on a side hill. The cellar (fig. 4), eight 
ieet high in the clear, is divided into root cellar, 
etc. The passages between rows of cattle stalls 
are closed by gates, which can be swung back out 
of the way. The top part of the barn doors are 
fitted with sash as shown in figure 1. The wagon 
room has sliding doors with double tracks so 
the half-doors can run past each o-ther; doors to 
The Best Prices for the Best Fruit. 
One who visits the markets will observe that a 
slight difference in quality of fruits is accompanied 
by a large difference in price. Take peaches, for 
example; dealers know that however the market 
Fig. 1.— SIDE ELEVATION OF BAEN. 
boiler and feed room, and manure cellar with pig 
pens. The brick wall between the root cellar and 
manure cellar is two bricks thick and three feet 
high, with a two-inch plank eight inches wide on 
top. The studding, three by five, is set on top 
under the cross sill of basement and boarded on 
both sides. The wall between root cellar and 
boiler room is one brick thick and two feet high, 
with studding and boarding the same as the other 
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walls. The door in the west end is made in three 
parts ; the two bottom doors swing as shown by 
the dotted lines. The upper door is four feet 
high, with sash, and hung to turn up, having a bal¬ 
ance weight and cord. The cellar contains a large 
manure pit, a; a root cellar, 6; pig pens, c, e, and 
boiler and feed room, d. The boiler is shown 
at e. The basement (figure 5) is forty-eight 
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harness closet are arranged the same. Eight of 
basement, nine feet in the clear. The main floor 
(fig. 6), contains drive floor, a; hay bay, &; shop, 
c; carriage room, d; meal room, e; pen for absorb¬ 
ents, f; (dry earth, muck or sawdust) and tool 
room, g. The carriage room has double doors and 
tracks. The meal room has bins with 
hopper bottoms and spouts to basement 
as shown by dotted lines. The ventila¬ 
tor trunks extend up from the floor, 
and are made with doors on rear sides 
at different hights for throwing hay 
through to the basement. The floors 
are double, one-inch boards (basement 
the same), with the exception of drive 
floor, which is one-inch under floor and 
two-inch piank on top. The stall floors 
in basement are two-inch plank on 
double one-inch floor; scaffold floor 
double boards. The cross section (figure 
3) shows very plainly the manner of fram¬ 
ing, form of truss, position of truss rods, bolts, etc. 
Estimates of Material and Labor for Barn. 
may be “glutted” with common fruit, there is 
rarely an excess of that which is “twigged” as 
extra. The few cultivators who have carefully 
assorted their fruit know that the operation pays. 
It would pay still better to have all the peaches of 
the first quality, and this can be done by thinning 
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11 posts, 8 by 8, 28 ft. long. 
13 posts, 8 by8, 22)^ ft. long. 
12 posts, 8 by 8, 18H ft. long. 
3 sills, 8 by 8, 96 ft. long. 
17 cross sills, 8 by 8,47M ft.l’g. 
9 beams, 8 by 8. 48 ft. long. 
7 truss b’ms, 7 by 7, 53 ft.T’g. 
450ft.in length otgirts.Sby 6. 
48 studs, 3 by 4,27 ft.long. 
44 studs, 3 by 4, 25 ft. long. 
23 gable studs, ) 3 by 4,17 ft. 
double length, J long. 
138 braces, 3 by 4, 5!^ ft. I'g. 
80 rafters, 2 by 6, 32 ft. long. 
28 truss braces.5by6,10ft.l’g. 
368 floorings, 3 by 8.12 ft.l'g. 
4 purlines, 6 by 6, 96 ft. I’g. 
2 sills, under basement 
floor, 6 by 6,61 ft. long. 
Timberfor ventiIators,2 by 4, 
200 square feet. 
Timber for stalls, partitions, 
etc., 2,000 square feet. 
Total feet.34,756 
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Tiy ninety-six feet, and contains a stable, a, for 
“three horses ; stalls for forty-three head of cattle, 
b,6; sheep pen,c/ four loose boxes for cows or calves, 
■d,d; wagon room, e; feed floors,/,/; harness closet, 5 t. 
Boards for roof and roofs of ventilators.6,500 
Boards for walls. 7,106 
Boards for floors.19,584 
Boards fur main or drive floor. 2,304 
Boards for stall floors. 1,662 
Boards for partitions, stairs, gates, etc. 3,088 -40,244 
75,000 
Total 75,000 feet hemlock lumber @ $10.$750.00 
4,000 feet pine lumber finish @ $35. 140.00 
Labor on wood work . 500.00 
5,000 clapboards @ $18. 90.00 
50,000 shingl es ® ^.150.00 
1,000 lbs. nails, boardlOd. and finish, and spikes® $3.85 
per cask. 38.50 
150lbs.clapboard 5d. nails, 200 lbs. shingle 3d. nails ® 
$5 per cask. 17.50 
Windows and frames. 96.00 
Painting, two coats lead 
and oil.150.00 
1,280 feet % rod iron for 
truss rods, 2.600 lbs @ 
3c. perlb..$78 :200 lbs. 
half - round iron for 
door-tracks @3c.,$6; 
168 nut blanks, 134 cast 
washers @ 5c.,$15.10; 
cutting threads, top¬ 
ping nuts, etc., $10_ 109.10 
Rollers for doors, i pair 
10 inch, 90c.; 16 pair 6 
inch, 40c. each. 7.30 
2,500 brick @ $7; laying, 
$3.50 per M., lime, 
sand, etc. 26.25 
Stone work, excavating, 
and grading. 400.00 
Incidentals: hinges, latch¬ 
es, door fastenings, 
etc. 25.35 
Total.$2,500.00 
The above medium-sized barn is well suited to 
the needs of the average farm upon which all kinds 
of live stock are kept. The cost of construction 
will vary somewhat in different iocalities. 
Fig. 5.— THE BASEMENT. 
the fruit. Within a few years, peach orchards 
have been largely planted in localities not before 
regarded as favorable for peach-culture, and the 
increased competition thus caused, will tend to re¬ 
duce the price of common fruit. Those will be 
wise who strive not to send the greatest number 
of baskets or crates to market, but to send the 
best fruit. The time to prepare for this is soon 
after the blossoms have fallen and the “set” is 
seen. All who have practised thinning peaches, 
are sure that it is profitable. While the fruit is 
less in numbers, there are as many baskets. If 
two-thirds of the fruit is removed at the first 
thinning, the remaining third will usually be an ex¬ 
cessive crop, and require a final thinning as the 
time of ripening approaches. We speak especially 
of peaches, as the results of thinning are more 
strikingly seen with these, and they have a great 
tendency to overbearing, but it will also be found 
profitable with choice pears, especially those which 
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tend to form clusters. The culture of choice early 
apples is strangely overlooked ; they are the most 
profitable of all apples within easy reach of a 
market, and judicious thinning is amply repaid. 
