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TEHiVIS: \ 
FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUGUST ID, 1871 
[Entered according to Art ,,[ Congress, in the year 1S71, by D. D. T. Mqqui 8. In the office of the Librarian of Congress, nt W as hington.! 
STANCHIONS SUPPLIED, 
desire to build stabling, barns and other ru¬ 
ral structures, are of late calling to their aid 
the skilled architect, instead of trusting so 
important a matter to a country carpenter, 
whose experience must be limited at best. 
The charge by professional architects is, we 
efficient process. The roof is sheathed and 
shingled in the ordinary manner, or it may 
be covered with any other rooting material. 
The architect claims that there is great 
economy in framing barn and stable roofs in 
this manner, ns all long, heavy and expen- 
rrbttertnrc 
To-day’s Ritual New-Yorker (July 23) 
has coma to hand. As it is raining, with no 
prospect of doing anything at haying to-day, 
1 thought, in compliance with your request 
inches Aide, for the bottom, and two for the 
top. /The stanchions work between these. 
The/ should be of the same material, ten 
incies wide at the base and lour inches wide. 
aR the top. Having them in this shape 
paves but one space, viz.: the right one, for 
Cattle to put their heads through. The 
/stanchions should be six feet high, so that a 
person may walk under without stooping or 
knocking the head. The loose stanchion 
should he sawed .“lanting at the lower end, 
and the pin that keeps it. to place should go 
through the long corner, so that when the 
drop is raised the stanchion will lull back ot 
itself. When you wish to fasten a cow in, 
shove up the loose stanchion till the drop 
falls, and she is securely fastened. 
T have never seen another drop exactly 
like this one. It is perfectly safe-, provenl- 
ing the possibility of cattle gell ing loose and 
goring each other in the night. It also pre¬ 
vents the stanchion from shutting too close¬ 
ly or opening loo wide, and does not need 
to be touched with t he hand when fastening 
in cattle. Stanchions should be three feel 
apart from center to center, and the space 
for a cow’s neck should he eight inches 
wide. Some object to stanchions of this 
kind on account of their being too confining, 
&c. Yet my cattle appear perfectly com¬ 
fortable in them, and besides, they cannot 
waste any of their feed when fastened in this 
way, which cannot he said of other fasten¬ 
ings. Any fa rmer can make these stanchions 
with an ax, anger and a band-saw.— David 
JlarMown , Pa. 
CARRIAGE-HOUSE AND STABLE: 
lor .Suburban 
mill Original Design 
Placet,. 
We are enabled, by the kindness of our 
occasional contributor, Air. J. Wilkinson, 
Rural Architect, of Baltimore, Md., to present 
our readers with a novel and original design— 
w jlli perspective elevation, plan of principal 
floor and transverse section—of a carrlnge- 
])(ui 9 c and stable, adapted to the require¬ 
ments of a luxurious country seat. It will 
l K : seen by reference to the plan (Fig. 3) that 
Urn accommodation for both horses and cur- 
ri iges is quite liberal, it being for fourteen 
of tin; former and twelve of the latter. The 
sides, consisting entirely uiwniia, immiw « 
caniuges entering and being removed on 
either side, and is a feature not generally 
provided, but one very convenient. The 
arrangement of the lour box stalls around a 
central hay tube, %, which is supplied with 
hay from the loft, appears to he an economi¬ 
cal and convenient arrangement, and the 
provision for lighting and ventilating all the 
stalls and apartments is apparently thorough 
and complete. The partitions between the 
animals and the carriages and harness are 
close; all others are no higher than neces¬ 
sary, lienee there is a free circulation of air 
throughout, and there is a liberal egress ven¬ 
tilator on the side of the roof which con¬ 
nects with the stable. Pleasant, rooms for 
grooms and coachmen are provided in the 
second story of the projection in the front, 
all well lighted and ventilated. The storage 
for both hay and grain is in the loll. The 
former is fed from the loll ; the 1 alter is 
drawn through tithes to the feeding pas¬ 
sages. The arrangement for feeding, also 
for drainage, is constructed strictly alter a 
patent granted in April, 1871, which is said 
to he very perfect. 
Olio of the most striking' peculiarities of 
this structure is the mode Of framing, by 
•wliicll all wall posts above the loft floor, 
wall and purlin plates, girders, braces and 
purlin posts are dispensed With. There are 
ten pairs of principal rafters in the root, 
which are segmental in form, and are “ built 
up" of common boards, one by twelve 
inches, by sixteen feet in length. The hoards 
ale cut into eight feet lengths and several 
jo i a ,. i. - dh uyi *kcti v k 
sive timbers arc dispensed with. This ap¬ 
pears to us very important, especially in dis¬ 
tricts where building timber has become 
scarce. He also claims great economy and 
convenience in storing and removing hay 
and grain, where no transverse timbers are 
used, as is the case in this new and original 
mode of constructing roofs. 
g buildings 
litAOifi HOUSE! AN1J STAliLK. 
, the conn- in behalf of Mr. Baum as to the best mode of 
jr cent, on fastening cattle, 1 would send you my mode, 
and sped- It is an old-fashioned way, hut nevertheless 
uilder will a good oue. 1 think there is none better, 
he strange After using this kind of stanchion all my 
l not save lif“> ?iuce I was large enough to lake care of 
nfahi'O ; cow , and seeing no evil arising from their 
use, 1. thY#Jt i may say there is none better, 
for handiness, durability, ease of construc¬ 
tion aud, most oi uu, the welfare of stock 
Stanchions that 1 have now, have ueen in 
almost daily use foi twenty-four years, and 
never had to he reputed. (See Fig. 1.) 
If it is the Alt’. B.Vtm I think it is, lie 
passes where I live oceydonally. Should lie 
Logan, Ji 
NOTES FOR BUILDERS, 
Rni Proof Walls. 
I thank you and your correspondents for 
the information imparled in answer ;"Y 
inquiry about rat proof »•••* ,w ? ,uu ^ having 
endeavored to "Y tl,c atlvk:e win s,ale 
the iii-*- which I have adopted I dug a 
trench about eight inches deep in the bottom 
of the cellar for the foundation walls, which 
was tilled with small stones laid in lime 
mortar. I then dug into the bank hack of 
this wall eight inches and placed a row of 
brick all around the wall, the top of the 
brick level with the top of the wall, thus 
forming a shelf eight inches wide. I adopted 
this plan because I thought it would be less 
expensive and equally as good as the others. 
—P. Clement, llndmn , Mich. 
ing, ami if his plans are not wore rent 
than those designed without experience 
This peculiar mode of frumin 
for storing Lay aud grain is certainly very 
convenient where the power fork is used, 
which lias of late become as necessary as any 
other labor-saving machinery, as girders and 
collar beams materially obstruct the opera¬ 
tion of the power fork, whether in storing or 
in removing hay and grain in the slieaf from 
mows. By reference to Fig. t, it will he 
seen that the hay is taken from the vehicle, 
standing at one end of the building, and is 
raised perpendicularly until 
the grapple attaches itself to 
a car, on a railway, near the 
ridge of the roof, which ex¬ 
tends the entire length of the 
building, and the liny may ho 
discharged at any given point 
in its length. Bags of grain 
\ are raised ami deposited in the 
same manner, by the same 
apparatus; the hoisting being 
performed by a horse. 
The large door which is 
showu open in the gable, is 
hung like a sash, and slides 
down outside of the building; 
i t —1 ’ a convenient and safe ar¬ 
rangement. The effect of the 
deep, plastered cove beneath 
the cornice is good, aud as it 
is merely lathed, plastered and 
— - U painted, it cannot he expen* 
sive, and yet it will no doubt 
fiu. L—B. l*. M.’s Stanchion. 
We shall he pleased to have other designs 
from architects, of rural or other buildings, 
that we may keep our readers posted as to 
the progress in this art, as well as others ; 
few, if any, being more important. The in¬ 
vestment in farm barns is very heavy in 
many districts of this country, and there is 
not a doubt hut that the same, or even less, 
material might be made to furnish a greater 
Deafening t lie* I)iu ol' Shops. 
A rubber cushion under the leg of work¬ 
benches in manufactories, is a cheap relief 
from the deafening din of noisy shops. 
Chambers’ Journal describes a factory where 
the hammering of iitly coppersmiths was 
ions arc open ; siainiar 
inches high. The hottoi 
flve by six inches square 
by six inches square, 
are hewed out the __ 
whole length. The ? 
space between the | 
standards, where the «< 
cow stands, six inch¬ 
es ; from center to ; 
center, three feet. 
Latch (c,) twelve inch¬ 
es from pin hole to 
notch under side. I 
think for bed pieces, 
hard wood two by 
live Indies thick, to 
put the standards be¬ 
tween, bolted togoth- 
er, would he cheaper 
than mortising, and 
quite as good.—B. P. 
M., Mallory, N. Y. 
I notice in the Rural New-Yorker ot 
July 33 an invitation to any of your readers 
to contribute sketches of the stanchions they 
use. 1 send you herewith a rude outline 
(see figure 3,) of mine. I have used this 
kind for many years, for all kinds of stock, 
amount of, and more convenient room, it i 
’ • --'re skilfully designed. 
such buildings were mor 
B'ig. 2.— daviu loo ax’s Stanchion. 
It is claimed by arcliiLccls of experience, 
that the projection of the principal floor over 
the yard, aud thus producing an open shed 
on the yard side of a basement barn, is had 
economy, and that it would involve hut little 
additional cost in construction, to inclose 
said shed in the stable portion of the base¬ 
ment, where it would he much more valuable. 
Many other improvements may no doubt be 
made without greatly increasing the cost. 
f . a— Fuiou Pi ,an ok Stable. Cabhiaok Hoysk, &c\ >u term wagon 
amt Implement room ; A open Bhod lor grooming, «c.: c, c, c, c, box 
stalls; a, farm home stable; >\ e, feeding- passages; /i, carriage house 
stable: f, closet for robes, blankets, medicines, to' . j, liumrss rooms 
for carriage Dorses; l, farm harness; k, carriage bouse, it, hay tuivo 
t'O-r box stalls. 
scarcely audible iu the room below, their 
benches having under each leg a rubber 
cushion. We have seen the same etfect. pro¬ 
duced by standing the legs of the bench in 
nail-kegs filled with sand, by which means 
all vibration aud shock was prevented. 
building, and lighter intermediate ones are 
sprung in place and secured by a simple aud 
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