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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[August, 
Combined Barn, Carriage House, etc. 
BARN, CARRIAGE-HOUSE, WORK-SHOP, TOOL-ROOSI, 
POULTRY-HOUSE, ETC., UNDER ONE ROOF-SUN¬ 
DRY LABOR-SAVING CONVENIENCES-FORM OF SPEC¬ 
IFICATIONS AND CONTRACT. 
Last month we gave a plan of a building 
adapted to a particular location, accessible in 
both front and rear. We now present a some¬ 
what different plan, and believing that it contains 
features that may be adopted in different kinds of 
barns, we will describe it somewhat minutely. 
This building has been erected on our own prem¬ 
ises during the present Summer. 
Location—Elevation Plan .—The location is near 
the north line fence, which prevents driving 
directly through the main floor. The view is 
taken from the south-west. A carriage road 
comes in from the street, directly opposite the 
west wing, and branching at a little distance, one 
wagon path leads to the main entrance, with a 
side road leading round to the yard on east side. 
Another branch turns to the west and passes in a 
curve through the lawn to the dwelling, and 
thence to the street. From this branch there is 
another carriage path to a wide door in the 
north-west corner of the barn ; also a foot path to 
the smaller door at the south-west corner, lead¬ 
ing into the work-shop. From the road extending 
into the rear yard, a horse-path runs to the door 
opening on the south of the east wing. (We 
can not properly speak of wings, as the general 
plan is a main building 26 by 45 feet, with a cen¬ 
tral projection on the south side, of 3 feet, and a 
similar one on the north side, of 1 foot. These 
projections are added to give variety of architec¬ 
ture, and break up the broad look of the north 
and south sides. The engraving gives only the 
general plan of the plots around the building. 
Large symmetrical Norway Spruces—not the 
dwarf firs shown—also tree box, and other ever¬ 
green and deciduous shrubs, planted at little cost, 
give the whole a cheerful aspect for Winter as 
well as Summer.) 
Fig. 2. Basement Plan .—In the middle is the 
main or vegetable cellar, V. C. By a mistake in 
the drawing, the wall on the north part of this is 
not shown projecting a foot, as it should be made. 
I). W. is a dwarf wall, or foundation. Inside of 
this is a cistern, C, which is 20 feet long, 8 feet 
wide, and 7 feet deep. A brick wall is laid 
around it, plastered on the inside, and grouted on 
the outside, with hydraulic cement. A plastered 
brick wall thrown across the middle supports the 
long side walls. The bottom is covered with 
round stones and sand well beaten down, grout¬ 
ed, and plastered. Some hard bricks bedded in 
the bottom are laid under the entrance of the 
gutters at each end, to prevent wearing the bot¬ 
tom by falling water. The cistern is cov¬ 
ered with an extra floor nailed to the under¬ 
side of the joists, to keep out frost in Winter. 
At the south-west corner a cemented brick pipe 
(not shown) 7 inches in diameter, is carried from 
about mid-hight up out through the south 
corner of the dwarf wall, D, W. This is pro¬ 
vided for the insertion of a fire-engine hose-pipe, 
in case the barn should be on fire preventing ac¬ 
cess on the inside... .The Manure Cellar, M C, is 
surrounded with heavy walls laid in hydraulic ce¬ 
ment, and is covered with a double matched floor 
to prevent odors rising into the stables above. 
The wall separating it from the vegetable cellar, 
(V, C,) is built close up to the flooring, and sunk 
below the general level, so that the two cellars 
are wholly isolated. The manure cellar extends 
outside, at A, W. This external portion is of the 
same depth as the main cellar, and is similarly 
walled up. It is covered with heavy plank 
doors, slightly inclined from the building so as to 
carry off the rain, but not high enough to prevent 
animals walking over them. Vent holes are 
provided to allow the escape of odors from the 
manure cellar. Through these doors the manure 
can be thrown up into the yard or upon a cart. 
Into this area a pipe brings the house slops, as 
described on page 234.—There are serious objec 
tions to having manure cellars under barns or 
stables, as they are usually built; but as here ar¬ 
ranged, all vapors are kept from the building by 
the solid cement walls built up to the main floor, 
and by the tight sub-floor over the manure vault, 
while the part A. W., extending to the outside! 
allows all vapors to escape freely into the air.. 
By keeping abundance of muck in the manure,, 
there will be very little escaping gas. 
Fig. 3. Ground Plan on First Floor.— C , c T 
is the main carriage floor; C, 30 feet long, and 
16 feet wide. An implement room is taken of! 
from one corner. The carriage floor extends 
round to c, so as to furnish a drive through from 
door to door, with one carriage standing in the 
north-east corner, and another under the stairs 
leading up from /and W. In case of need, the 
floor will hold four vehicles, and still leave room 
to run in and back out a fifth one at either door. 
The large trap-door, T, is convenient for unload¬ 
ing potatoes, turnips, carrots, etc., directly from 
a wagon tail into the vegetable cellar. Directly 
over this trap-door is another, so that pumpkins, 
squashes, and other articles, can be raised from 
a wagon to the loft above. On the approach of 
cold weather these articles can be lowered with 
basket, rope, and pulleys, from the upper loft to 
the cellar, through the two trap-doors. This is 
a convenient arrangement that might be adopted 
in most barns. Many articles keep much bet¬ 
ter in an airy loft than in a cellar, until severe 
cold weather comes on. ...... W, is a work 
shop 9x17 ft., provided with work bench, etc. 
This opens into the implement room, T, where 
are stored all smaller implements, earthen pots, 
and other apparatus pertaining to the garden. It 
is accessible by a door from the outside, and 
another at the corner leading from the carriage 
floor. The cutting off of the corners of / and W 
diminishes their space very little, while it con¬ 
duces greatly to the roominess and convenience 
of the carriage floor-The Horse Stable 12x18, 
has two single stalls, s, s, 4J- ft. each, and a larger 
one, S, which may be used for harnessing, or for 
one or two horses when required. A first floor is 
laid of tongued and grooved H inch plank, and 
over this, tongued and grooved 2 inch plank, in¬ 
clined 1 inch to 21 feet to carry off water. In the 
rear of the horses a plank, g, 4 inches wide is laid 
in on a level with the floor, and a groove is cut in 
this slanting towards a hole in the middle which 
conveys the urine down to the manure cellar. A 
double plank trap-door, is pro¬ 
vided for dropping manure 
through.. .H, is a close room 
for keeping nice harness, blan¬ 
kets, buffalo robes, bells, whips, 
etc. This has an outside win¬ 
dow in a mock door. The com¬ 
mon harness is hung under 
the stairs and around the stable. 
The studs around the stable 
are lined with matched planed 
boards. All the wood work 
around the stalls is painted in 
wood color (yellow,) which 
keeps it in a sweeter condition. 
The feed boxes or mangers are 
boarded down to the floor, with 
slats at the bottom to let weed 
and other seeds down ; these 
are removed through small doors in front to keep 
them out of the manure. The mangers are provid¬ 
ed with cast iron quarter-circle feeding troughs, 
manufactured by Mr. Mott of this city. They 
are provided with a rim at the top to prevent 
cut feed from being thrown out. A narrow 
plank ladder, h, enclosed in slat work, passes from 
a platform on the outside of the building, up 
through the corner of the stable, to the poultry 
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