New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 365 
There has been a good supply for all ordinary purposes since 
and no necessity for taking turns in using water. Recently, there 
has been added a wooden reservoir 113x223 feet in lateral dimen- 
sions and 6 feet deep. This will never stand quite full, but for 
every foot above the draught pipe will add 1,935 gallons of water 
on which to draw in case of necessity. 
THE NEW BARN. 
Stands nearly north and south and presents a broadside view 
to the street, as the station is approached from the village. It has 
a lantern roof surmounted by two cupolas, each 10 feet square, — 
which set equally distant from the ends over the middle of the 
second bents. 
Ground was broken for this barn August 9. It sets south 
of the old one and parallel with the south portion. The west side 
of the new barn is in the same,straight line with the east side of 
the old, and there is a space of 50 feet between the nearest corners. 
The basement wall of the new barn is 97x51 feet outside measure 
at the level of the door sills. There is a “batter” on the outside 
of 6 inches from the door sills to the top of the wall. This gives 
the size of the barn which just covers the wall, 96x50 feet. The 
basement within the walls is 92x46 feet, and 9 feet high above the 
door sills, which give the level for the highest point of the main 
floor. 
The basement is lighted by 10 windows of twelve 10x14 lights, 
and eight panes of 10x12 glass in a transom over each of the two 
pairs of double sliding doors which allow admission to a team on 
the east side 20 feet south of the northeast corner, and in the middle 
of the south end. Passing in at the east door, one enters a feeding 
floor 16 feet wide which can be used to bring green food direct 
from the cart to the animals, and to remove the excrement and 
litter. 
On the east side and south of the doorway is a “tie-up” 60 feet 
long with a 43 feet walk behind the animals and around the south 
end. Opposite this “ tie-up” is another 313 feet long, with a wall 
of the same width around it, and three box stalls 10x14 feet. 
The silo is in the northwest corner. It is 14x15x30 feet, 
extending from 24 feet below the basement floor to the second 
