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Show B BARN AND STORE HOUSVv H Plans for Commodious Structure fo H the Farm. H M. McM. Kindly publish a floor H plnu for n basement barn, 100 fcut H long and 40 feet wide, to accommo- Hr dato 3G cattlo, 8 horses, and to havo F two box stalls for cattlo and two (or H horses, besides a root houso, to hold H 2,500 bushels, a silo 12 feet square, H and a placo for manure. How thick H should tho walls bo and how doop H should tho foundations bo laid? H (2). How should tho barn bo laid out H above and how long should tho posts B be? H (3.) Tho barn will bo built rn clay H soil, 200 yards from a running stream. H Could water bo drawn from this H stream by a windmill, and what size H of plpo should bo used? H Tho accompanying plan contains H five singlo horso stalls, two box stalls H for horses, 38 cow stalls, and two box H stalls for cattlo. Tho manuro shed Is H nt'tho end of building, with a doar at H each sido wido enough to drive a H wagon through to draw tho manuro H Tho root houso Is under ono of tho H drlvo-ways, and extends along tho sido H H I1' Li'l'l I IFF J MM. I 11-14, BBBJ . mr M Ground Floor Plan of Stock Barn. H A Homo atnblo. B Feed rooms. C H Cow stalls. D Passngo behind cattle. E H Gutters. G Box stalls. II Manuro Bhcd. H I Silo. J lloothousc. K Vontllators. M of barn wall towards tho cilo. It is 12 by 40 foot and 8 foot high. It should l uo arched over with concreto and havo A two ventilators in tho nrch. Thcso P vontllntors nro usod to fill tho houso B with roots, and thoro should bo a B window at each ond of root houso for B light Tliero should also bo . cold air B plpo coming in noar tho floor for von B tilation; tho ventilators in tho arch B answer for tho outtako pipes. A root B house tho slzo given will hold nbout B 1,500 bushols of roots, as ono bushel B. of roots occuplos about 2 cubic feet. B Should tho root houso not bo largo B enough it can bo turned with tho end fl to tho basement of barn, betwoen B- tho driveway and silo, nnd making it H 20 by 30 foot and 10 feot high. It M would then hold about 2,400 bushels. M ThoVsilo is placed besldotho other M driveway and Is twelve fjft in dlnmo- H- ter and built round. SfloVlisod to bo buonjtUiejtlnsVdo1 of 'bAfna-but ot --rr- hatSil)ieyaroThuran'hl'utiao; In K ' fact for tho last six ycarsJPnavo novor H built nor seon ono buhfTO tho inside H of a barn. ' 2. Tho barn abovo should havo a B mow 18 foot wido ovor tho horso B Btablo, then 12 feet for a drivoway, B then two 20 foot mows and a 12 foot B drlvo'way, and then an 18 foot mow B over tho manuro shed. Tho posts of B tho barn should bo 18 feet long. Tho B stairway will go down insldo of tho B mow, tho door opening from tho edga B of tho drivoway floor. Tho hay and B straw may bo thrown down through H doors in tho sido of tho mows in each H driveway. H 3. You can draw tho wator from H tho stream providing you do not havo B to lift it too much, nnd n 1-lnch plpo H would bo largo enough. H 4. If tho wall is built of stono it H should not bo less than 18 inches, H thick; If of concroto ono foot Is thick B enough. The foundation should bo put H down at least 20 inchos nnd after tho H wall Is completed tho soil should bo H graded up 8 Inchos higher. This will H always keep tho ground drier and H allows thp wator to run off and not B eottlo along tho wall, N. B. H, |