NEW YOKE, APRIL 5, 1884 
PRICE FIVE CENTS. 
$2.00 PER YEAR. 
[Entered according to Act of Congress. In the year 1684. by the Rural New-Yorker m the office of the Librarian of Confess at Washington. 
The foundation walls are made of common 
bowlders (the large ones broken by fire) laid 
in cement below the surface of the ground, 
and in lime mortar above. The north and 
south outside walls, and the partition walls be¬ 
tween the basement story on the west, and the 
horse stables and feed-room on the east, are 
level with the top of the basement story, and 
two feet thick. The foundation walls at the 
east and west ends of the barn are two feet 
thick, and built just high enough above the 
ground to support the sills. If stone cannot 
lie had, brick may be used, or the greater part 
of the basement story may be frame-work. 
The ground plan of the basement as well as 
of the horse-stables may be seen by reference 
to Figure 103. The inside arrangements may 
be modi tied to suit the wishes of the owner, 
some preferring stanchions or stalls for cattle. 
All inside partitions are supported by stone 
walls 13 inches thick, started well down in the 
ground, and built a few inches above the 
surface. The horse-stables and the feed-room 
between them,seen in Figure 103, are filled with 
dirt about one foot above outside ground, 
which leaves behind the hoi'ses a stone wall 
about three feet high—a very substantial kick- 
board T find. 
Most racks in the basement can be supplied 
with feed through traps in the barn floor 
above, and the others from the feed-room in 
the basement. Traps can be made for all, if 
desired. One very great convenience is the 
wagon drive-way through the basement story 
through double-doors as seen in both Figures 
101 and 103. The partitions in all the stables, 
above and below, do not extend to the floor 
above, there being open spaces of two-and- 
one half to three feet, which afford plenty of 
light and air. The corn-box in the basement 
feed-room is supplied by a chute from the crib 
above. 
The barn floor is of inch plank doubled, the 
cracks being broken. The length of the barn 
(80 feet) is divided into five spaces or “ bents 1 ' 
of 16 feet each, assbown atFigure 102,and the 
width lib feet), into three spaces, each 16 feet, 
see Figure 103. This arrangement I find gives 
ample strength and obviates the necessity of 
having many timbers in the way. 
The wagon drive way on the barn floor is 
16 feet by 56, its width enabling wagons and 
other vehicles to pass each other without being 
taken out-of-doors. The area of barn floor is 
very large, but I never knew a barn to have 
too much room. Inside of barn, and affixed 
to the south side on the left of drive-way, is a 
work-bench lighted by two windows (shown in 
Figure 105). 
The front doors at the entrance of the main 
drive-way open inward, as shown in Figure 
101, and shown partly open in Figure 105, and 
are secured when shut by a long lever, which 
fastens at the top and bottom. Bv opening 
inward the doors are not blown about by the 
wind. On coming in with a team which is 
not trusty, one can hold to the halter-strap, 
open the small door iu the large one. step in¬ 
side, move the lever, open the doors, and lead 
the team in without frightening them. 
One advantage of the projection at the front 
entrance is that the main barn sill, at the door, 
is not exposed to the weather and cannot rot. 
as it is eight feet inside the door. The sill, 16 
feet long, immediately at the entrance, rests 
upon the wall, being held in position by spikes, 
and can easily be removed and replaced by 
another. 
The coru-cribs, which are shown in Figures 
104 and 105, are so arranged that even when 
full, corn may be scooped up with a shovel—a 
great saving of time and fingers. 
The hay chutes from the mows above (to be 
seen in Figures 105 and 106), let the hay fall 
just where it is wanted. 
The mow-floors over the horse stables are a 
little more than five feet higher than the barn 
floor. 
The space over the drive-way is floored ex- 
BARN PLAN, 
Rural New-Yorker First Prize 
T. J. LIND LEY 
i HE barn stauds upon ground 
\{f gradually sloping to the west 
und north, with the main en- 
trance or front, on the south 
I side, as in Figure 101. In 
I JgT size^it is 80x48 feet, with a 
projection 8x16 feet at the 
wagon entrance to the barn- 
floor in front, and a hood or 
v shed across the east end over 
the stable and feed-room doors. This hood is 
supported by joi6ts over the horse-stables and 
feed-room, which extend six feet beyond the 
east end of the barn, as seeu to the right end 
of the barn iu Figures 101 aud 103. The base 
meut story, 48x48 feet, is made by an excava¬ 
tion only about four feet in the deepest 
place. This story is entirely above ground on 
the north, west, aud part of the south sides, 
so that excellent light and ventilation are ob¬ 
tained through the windows. 
FRONT VIEW OF T. J. LINDLEYS BARN. Fig. 101. 
