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THE CULTIVATOR 
August, 
Plan of Farm Buildings. 
In answer to repeated inquiries, we furnish the accompanying plan and elevation of a set of Farm Buildings, 
so arranged that those who have hut limited means, may begin with a portion, and add from time to time as 
means and circumstances may warrant. These buildings when completed form nearly a hollow square, the 
main building or barn being in the centre of the further range. This forms a sheltered yard for the domestic 
animals, in the centre of whioh is the manure or compost heap, occupying a hollow to prevent the escape of the 
liquid manure. The cleanings of the stables are daily conveyed to this heap by wheelbarrows. 
Fig. 2 is the plan of the whole when 
completed, as it lies on the level of the 
ground. Fig. 3, is that portion of the 
barn situated immediately over that part 
represented in fig. 2, which is banked up 
with earth, or dug in the ground, so that 
the further part of this ground plan shall 
constitute a cellar for roots, and a space for 
cutting roots, straw, &c. adjoining it. The 
curved dotted lines show the wagon-track 
on this embankment for entering the floor in 
fig. 3, lying directly over the cutting-room. 
The root cellar is furnished with two broad, 
hopper-like troughs, passing through the 
cellar windows, into which the cart loaded 
with roots, is “dumped,” in filling the cel¬ 
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Fig. 3. 
By building wings for the horse and cow stables, (as 
the plan exhibits,) the central part or barn need not be 
so large as ordinary barns, saving much heavy timber 
in the frame, and assisting in forming the hollow square 
as a shelter. 
On the second floor, Fig. 3, G is the granary, and C 
the corn crib, both of which are filled 
from the floor and may be unloaded 
directly into a wagon under them in the 
yard below, or drawn off through a 
'shute for the horses in the stable. The 
bay for straw extends upwards as 
high as the top of these granaries, over 
which is a space for unthreshed grain. The horse pow¬ 
er of the threshing machine, if a common movable 
one, is placed on the ground outside, and as soon as the 
grain is threshed, the straw is conveniently deposited 
into this bay,'perfectly secure from injury by weather. 
The better way is for every farmer to have his own 
horse power and thresher, that he may employ his time 
whenever most convenient. The best two horse end¬ 
less-chain power, will occupy but little room in “ space 
for cutting roots, &c.” from which a band may run up 
to the thresher on the floor above. This power may 
be used with perfect facility likewise in cutting straw, 
slicing roots, winnowing, sawing wood turning grind¬ 
stone, &c. 
Fig. 2. 
The roots lying on one side of this space, and the 
straw on the other, contribute greatly to the conveni¬ 
ence of using them ; and as soon as prepared by cut¬ 
ting, the feed is given to the animals on either side by 
means of the .alley A A. 
It will be perceived that the barn is occupied with 
grain and straw, while the spacious lofts over the sta¬ 
ble are filled with hay, which is thrown down to the 
animals below as wanted. 
The building and its two wings, now described, may 
be built first; and the addition hereafter mentioned, 
may be added afterwards. 
These additional buildings may be occupied by sheep 
sheds at E E E, with an open sheep-yard, e ; by pig¬ 
gery, F F and pig yardjf; cooking room, G ; house 
for seasoning stove wood, II; poultry-house, I; calf- 
houses, K K ; workshop L ; tool-house, for plows, har¬ 
rows, rakes, &c. M ; wagon-shed, N. 
Every part of this range of buildings is entered 
from the lawn back of the house, by the dry and shel¬ 
tered passages 0 0 and A A, from which all the ani¬ 
mals may be examined, instead of the more common 
way of wading through the mud or manure of the 
yard. 
The floors of the hay loft, over the stables, should 
be made tight, to prevent the vapors from the slables 
tainting the hay; and ventilators, made of square 
board-tubes, placed over the, stables and running up 
through the roof. Their openings are made to open 
and shut by sliding boards, according to the weather. 
The tops of these ventilator^ are shown in the eleva¬ 
tion. 
