mmi 
and the north two feet; the east being entirely 
above grade. 
Basement. 
The north end of basement is occupied by a 
Second Floor. 
The second floor, accessible by stairs from the 
horse-stable, is tight over the stable and grain 
bins, but is movable over all other parts. It has 
of deriving valuable suggestions from this ex¬ 
cellent plan : 
H. Sweet & Sous’ Premium Barn — Description 
Dur farm contains 165 acres, including wood 
SECTION OF 
which throws almost the entire weight of the 
structure and its contents upon the outer wails. 
Its stability depends upon the strength of the 
suspension rods, and the longitudinal strength 
of the timber. The braces in every case are as 
long as they could be used, and placed in gains 
two Ventilators on Emerson?a Plan , with orna¬ 
mental brackets, figure 6. This portion of the 
roof is covered with Russell’s Patent Roofing, 
laid upon inch hemlock, well nailed to joists 
2 by 12 inches. The slope from the center is 
only four inches each way, but water runs from 
it readily, and from its exposed situation snow 
cannot accumulate in winter. 
PREMIUM PLAN OP EAEU 
TOR GRAIN, HAT, HORSES, CATTLE ANI) SHEEP. 
As tills is the season for planning and erecting 
form buildings, and as we have frequent inqui¬ 
ries on the subject, we again re-publisb the 
Premium Plan of a Barn first given in our tenth 
volume—1859. 
This plan was awarded the first premium ($25,) 
among the large number sent in by competitors 
for the prizes we offered in 1858, and we regard 
it as one of the best, if not the best, ever pub¬ 
lished. Some of our readers say it ought to be 
re-published annually. As we said on its first 
shown in the plans, but the reasons therefor 
will he given as we ascend from the 
Foundation. 
The excavation of the whole structure, in¬ 
cluding that in the yard, is, at the south-west 
comer, about three-feet in depth, and graded to 
a slope of one in forty; the natural slope, being 
one in ten, as shown in dotted lines on the sec¬ 
tion plan. The earth excavated was placed in 
the approach to the doors, ou the west, as shown 
above the dotted line. A trench was excavated 
three feet wide and one foot below grade, and 
filled with broken stone, that served as a drain, 
upon which the foundation rests. 
The foundation walls are built of good quarry 
stone, laid in lime mortar, with a balance slope, 
as shown in sectiou ; the west one 6even, and 
bushels. The bottom of the bins slope toward 
the main floor, and are ten inches above it. This 
admits of the drawing of the grain into the half 
bushel with ease, or of emptying a whole bin 
upon the floor in a few minutes, if it were re¬ 
quired. The bins have a free circulation of air 
on every side, and no sight for a mouse to get a 
foothold, except on the covers, in plain sight of 
any who happen to be on the main floor. 
The main floor is of spruce, 1 ,W inches thick, 
laid upon inch hemlock. It is tongued and 
grooved, and the end joints sawed with a double 
bevel, to prevent, any springing of the end, as 
seen in fig. 1. The floor is 40x41 feet surface, 
and has nothing to break bulk in any direction. 
That portion between the doors is calculated to 
have grain mowed upon it, and is furnished with 
Fig. 1.—showing end joints of flooring. 
at the ends, and are not morticed, but heavily 
nailed. 
When any of the timber needed splicing to 
increase its leDgtb; if it was soft wood it was 
put together on the double bevel principle, B; 
if hard wood, it was done on the ship-lap 
“gain and key plan,” A, as shown in accom¬ 
panying Hlustration. 
A 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
A CHILD’S PRAYER, 
BEWARE OF THE CURRENT. 
Fig. 7.— MAIN CORNICE. 
The other portions of the roof are of spruce 
shingle, laid upon inch hemlock, with a steep 
pitch for the greater part, of its length, and 
curves out at the eaves to give a greater projec¬ 
tion from the building with the same amount of 
roofing, and give a finished look to the design, 
as seen in figure 7. 
The eave-trougb3 are built with the other por¬ 
tions of the roof, and form the cornice. The 
conductors from the cornice form an orna¬ 
mental bracket, and running down the corner, 
give an additional finish. 
The barn has a projection, as seen in figure 8, 
and also in the elevation, that not only adds to 
the finish of the sid- i 
ing, but protects the 
masonry. || 
The approach to the H || 
doors on the west is y 
graded to a rise of one 
foot in ten, and ex- 
tends to within ehrht ^ ~ Sri 
feet of the main build- ; 1 ■ ; 
ing. The protection . f . ; ‘-J 
wall is about four feet '' ^ 
in height, and two feet F:0, 3 .—water table. 
thick, sloping agu'mst the bank. 
The area between the protection wall and the 
building is bridged, giving a free circulation of 
air to the basement, as seen in the sectional 
drawing. The cost of the entire structure was 
about $1,200. 
If I wake with moraine’s light, 
Keep me pore and good and right; 
If on earth I never wake, 
Up to heaven my spirit take. ji. d. l. 
Fig. 2.—hard and soft wood splice. 
The Timber is usually small for such a build¬ 
ing, but its strength is amply sufficient. The 
girts to which the sidiDg is nailed, being only 
three feet from center to center, render it, with 
its thorough bracing, almost as inflexible as iron. 
The Siding is pine, planed, matched, and after¬ 
wards battened and painted. 
God tny Father. God my Friend, 
Mow to Thee my knees I bend. 
Praying that for Jesus’ sake 
From my heart all sin thon’lt take. 
mblicatiou, it is truly a Premium Earn, and no 
me can study its internal arrangement, or mode 
>f construction, withoutjproflt. A similar plan, 
ylth drawings and description, so complete, 
ivould, of course, involve no little expense, if 
procured of an architect. Though it may uot 
be exactly adapted to their wants and Clrcum- 
X I __ L A .. I.xtU ft A .in N AOtM) fllll 
PREMIUM FT. VN OP BARN—PERSPECTIVE VIEW. 
the east one eight feet above grade. The west 
one is pierced by four windows three feet 
square ; the east one being merely returns four 
feet in length; the remainder being open space, 
or wood upon a low wall, but above the reach 
of manure, rendering It as easy of ventilation as 
if it were not a basement. The south wall is 
K,* li flrn f.-irtf HirPP fP.fit.. 
an extra movable floor, that is inserted after the 
grain is thrashed, to hold the straw above, thus 
giving great room below, which is often required 
in thrashing clover seed. On the north-east cor¬ 
ner of the floor is a stairway to the cow-stable 
below. This room is lighted by three windows 
on the east and one on the west, with two large 
simrlc rollimr doors on the west. 
laud and is situated in Pompcy, Onondaga Co., Bay for hay, that extends to the top, seventeen a cubic capacity of about 40,000 feet, and is cal- 
„ ]iU ’ le north 0 f the dividing ridge which sepu- feet in width, aud has a cubic capacity of about culated for hay, grain, clover seed and straw, 
rates the waters of the Susquchannah from the ’23,000 feet. South of this, and entirely acros When that portion of the main floor before 
St. Lawrence, about 1,750 feet above the level of 
the sea, in a naturally bleak position, subject to 
heavy winds from any quarter. 
The farm lias been devoted for the last sixty 
years to grain and stock-raising, and to meet its 
wants there hud been built, iu a group, one baru 
30x04, one 30x40, a horse-stable betw’een the 
two 16x46, and an open shed 16x60, with a space 
above for hay. They were of the usual con¬ 
struction, upon good foundations of stone laid 
in llnio mortar. The site they occupied was as 
near upon the crest of the hill iis could be; the 
ground descended naturally from the yard in 
three ways. On the first of May, 1857, they 
xvere destroyed by lire. 
The first requirement with 113 was, where shall 
we put a new one /—for we were still aware that 
TRANSVERSE SECTION. 
the building, is the cattle-stable, sixteen feet in 
width, including the passage and stairway to the 
floor above. Next is the open shed, 32x40 feet, 
with nothing to obstruct communication with 
the yard, except two cast iron columns, that sup¬ 
port sills above; easily ventilated at anytime 
through the windows ou the west, and capable 
of receiving, with plenty of spare room, a teu 
horse-power to do the threshing above on a 
rainy day, should circumstances require it. 
Next, south, is a tool-room for heavy tools, or 
such as are not often used; wagons in winter 
and sleighs in summer, plows, harrows, drills, 
roller, reaper, Ac., with stairway tostable above. 
First Floor. 
The horse-stable, which occupies the south 
end, is eighteen feet in width, and divided into 
LONGITUDINAL SECTION. 
oue good big one was better than six small ones. 1 
Wo selected a site further from the dwelling 
tbtm before, on land that sloped to the north¬ 
west, about one foot iu ten, a little east of the 
summit of the ridge, where the water naturally 
runs to the west and north-cast. The reasons 
for selecting were, that the earth excavated 
might l>e used in the approach upon the west, and 
thus make the water run from the bam iu every 
direction, and save making deep excavation. 
The uext item in consideration was its size. 
This we determined by counting the cubic con¬ 
tents of the old ones, and adopted 40x80, and 
nineteen feet above the basement, with a truss 
frame and flat roof. 
IVr next considered Us internal arrangements. 
Wo needed a Brain, Hay, Horse, Cattle and 
Sheep Burn, the details of which are clearly 
| spoken of, is used as a mow, the capacity of the 
barn is increased about 4,000 cubic feet. This 
entire space is only broken by six braces, eight 
inches square — so near perpendicular as not to 
stalls of equal capacity, aud oue often feet, into 
which a team coupled can bo easily driven in 
ease of necessity. A stairway leads to floor 
above, and a place for harness. Tiie forage lor 
horses is put into tubes above, about two by 
three and a half feet square, oue tube furnishing 
two horses, who draw it from the bottom, and 
eat more, as nature designed them to do, thau is 
usual. The floor is double, uiul is made tight 
with tar and lime, which makes a cement that is 
impervious to water, as well as a preserver of 
wood. The manure is dropped through a trap¬ 
door to shed below, aud mixed with that of the 
sheep and cattle. 
The grain bins are next north of the stable, 
aud form part of the partition betweeu the 
stable and main floor. They are four feet in 
width, and have a capacity for live hundred 
The Boors are of pine, and hung on rollers at 
|ji the top. The frames 
j.|i&L are two inches thick, | 
iiiiJj'kjj put together with 
Wj j iron bolts that run 
the whole width,— 
14 The panels are an 
j M?. inch thick, fitted into 
j /i\, a groove at the top, 
y : V but outside of the 
rail at the bottom, as 
V\ seen in fig. 3, causing 
\ all water to flow from 
V\ them, and yet have 
Xy the appearance of a 
A \ panel door. 
* I ® The Windows have 
!|]jj /? sashes that hang near 
the lap, the bottom 
Fig. 4.—sec. of window, pushing outwards, as 
shown in figure 4, and are glazed. They have 
to be fastened open, but they fasten them¬ 
selves shut. 
Jr -a \ 
BASEMENT 
A. Open Shed. E. Passage. 
B. Tool Room. F. Bay. 
C\ Stock Yard. it. Area. 
1). Stabling, II. Approach Embankment. 
interfere with the settlement ot grain or hay — 
and six rods l 1 * inches in diameter aud perpen¬ 
dicular. The cupola through which access is 
had to the roof is reached from below, and is 
the ceutral ventilator to the building. 
Frame. 
The carpentry Is of the style used in modern 
bridge building, and is upou the truss principle, 
Fig. 5. —cupola and cornice. 
The roof is nearly flat on the top for fourteen 
feet, sloping seven each side of the center —sur¬ 
mounted by a Ventilating Cupola, (figure 5.) and 
PLAN OF FIRST FLOOR. 
A. Horse Stable. B. Grain Bins 
C. Barn Floor. D. Bay. 
E. Stock Yard. 
Fig. 6. —VENTILATOR. 
Oh, youth, beware of the current— 
The current of folly and sin; 
Approach not Us farthest circle, 
Lest you reach the abyss within; 
For worse than the shriek of the dying 
That rings from the Norway coast 
Is the wail of a perishing human sonl, 
At last and forever lost. 
A HAPPY HOME. 
What a sweet picture is that ot a happy 
home and a fond domestic circle Thousands 
of such may be found in this Christian land. 
We will try to tell onr young readers what 
are the principal things which make home happy. 
First of all is Piety. The love of God and 
constant endeavors to keep his commandments, 
an humble trust iu the Lord Jesus Christ, and 
a good hope through hiA grace of a celestial 
home hereafter—these tend, to smooth away all 
the troubles of life and to brighten all its enjoy¬ 
ments. 
Next comes mutual Affection. This helps to 
suppress every unkind word and action, and 
makes each member of the family anxious to 
regard the wishes aud promote, thejliappiucss of 
every other. Love is better than sunshine in 
any dwelling, far better than eostly furniture, or 
tine clothes, or plenty of money. 
Thirdly, in every house where there are chil¬ 
dren, comes a respectful and obedient demeanor 
on the part of the children’ toward all who are 
older than themselves, and especially toward 
their parents. Such a demeanor Lads children 
to be regarded as ornaments and comforts to 
society; otherwise they are likely to be consid¬ 
ered as plagues and nuisances. 
Fourthly, a love of reading. How pleasant 
to fill up the leisure hours, and especially long 
winter evenings with loud reading! Thus the 
whole family may share the pleasure opreview¬ 
ing the history of other times or joiujin a com- 
mou excursion to other lands, and all are fur- 
I nished with food for reflection and subjects for 
conversation. 
All these sources of indoor enjoyments are 
almost equally within the reach of the rich and 
the pool*, of families in the city or country. 
Let each one of onr readers try to do what he 
can to make his own a happy home. 
-- 
How a Clergyman Cured his Appetite 
for Tobacco.—I had a deep well of very cold 
water, aud whenever the evil appetite craved 
indulgence, I resorted immediately to fresh- 
drawn water. Of this I drunk what I desired, 
aud then continued to hold water in my mouth, 
throwing out and taking iu successive mouth¬ 
fuls until the craving ceased. By a faithful 
adherence to this practice for about a month I 
was eund, and from that time to this have been 
entirely free from any appetite for tobacco.— 
Med. and Sur. Reporter. 
—r-Fy- 
