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THE CULTIVATOR, 
July, 
The barn is 80 by 80 • 14| fed posts. The shed is 80 
by 15 j 16 feet posts, and boarded down to the wall on 
which the sill rests, on the north and east. 
The apartments in the plan are marked in a manner to 
denote what they are intended for; the dotted lines rep¬ 
resent doors. The carriage house doors are on rollers, 
placed underneath, and run past one another ,• in every 
SHED 16 *27 
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GRANARY 
THRESHING. 
MOW 
STABLE 
FLOOR 
FLOOR. 
HARNESS 
6X11 
CARRIAGE 
HOUSE. 
IBX20 
HORSE 
STABLE 
Plan of a Bam. 
The shed is 80 cattle in the early part of the winter ; access to this cel¬ 
lar through a trap-door in the tool-room. 
It may be remarked by some, that I have not appro¬ 
priated any place to young calves. I have no necessity 
for it, as I keep all my cows in another barn; but should 
it be, desirable, a small pen might be partitioned off in the 
mow adjoining the stable, which would be an excellent 
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instance where it was practicable, the doors rtin on rol-1 
lers. (The rollers that suspend a door are preferable to 
those underneath.) 
At the north end of the stable and granary , and on 
the east side of the horse stable, are glass windows, to ad¬ 
mit light and air, whenever it is desirable. 
The mows adjoining the threshing floor, are hoarded up 3 
feet, to prevent the grain from rolling back into the hay. 
The manger in the stable is 2| feet wide; in front of it 
are perpendicular rounds, between which the cattle have 
to pull their hay. The feeding troughs are constructed 
of doors hung on hinges in the floor, and supported by 
chains at the top. The size of the troughs can be varied 
at pleasure, by letting out or hooking up the chains. 
Under the east end of the barn is a cellar 80 by 84 feet; 
by reference to the plan it will be seen that it extends far 
enough to take the droppings from the stable. 
Under the tool-room I have a cellar, walled very thick 
and pointed, which is intended for a double purpose, viz: 
to keep ice through the summer, and vegetables for neat 
I warm place for such tender stock. 
On the east side of the yard I have a high board fence ; 
between this and the road, about ten rods, is a thrifty 
young apple orchard, which is a protection from the east 
wind, while the barn shelters the yard on the north suf¬ 
ficiently, so that cattle may lie out comparatively com¬ 
fortable, through the coldest day of winter. 
I might enlarge considerably upon the facilities for mak¬ 
ing manure under cover, and the value thereof, but will 
add only a word. I have none of those unanswerable 
arguments, stern facts, derived from actual records to 
prove the efficacy of sheltering manure, but it is my firm 
conviction that the increased value from the stock which 
I keep in this barn, considering quantity and quality, pay 
me an annual interest of over 25 per cent on the entire 
cost of my cellar. 
You doubtless will think that the sections of lanes are 
superfluous, but I may furnish you with a plan of my 
cow barn , at some future time, when I could give you a 
better idea of their relative position, than if I were less 
explicit in the present instance. I will remark, however, 
that the north end of my cow barn stands on the lane 
herein represented. Yours very truly. Lewis S. Taft. 
Uxbridge , Mass., Jan. 19, 1852. 
