. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. 106 THE BOOK OF THE FARM WINTER. great annoyance when the sheaves are bringing in. There should be slits iu the walls for the ventilation of air among the corn-sheaves, which may not at all times be in good order when taken into the bam. A hatchway Fig. PLAN OF UPPER BARN, GRANARIES, AND WOOL-ROOM. a, 3 feet sqviare, in the floor, over the com-barn below, is useful when any corn or refuse has to be again put through the mill. Its hatch shou
. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. 106 THE BOOK OF THE FARM WINTER. great annoyance when the sheaves are bringing in. There should be slits iu the walls for the ventilation of air among the corn-sheaves, which may not at all times be in good order when taken into the bam. A hatchway Fig. PLAN OF UPPER BARN, GRANARIES, AND WOOL-ROOM. a, 3 feet sqviare, in the floor, over the com-barn below, is useful when any corn or refuse has to be again put through the mill. Its hatch should be furnished with strong cross-tailed hinges, and a hasp and staple, with a padlock and key, by which to secure it from below in the corn-bani. An opening h, of 4 feet in hight and 3 feet in width, should be made through the wall to the straw-barn, for the purpose of receiving any straw from it that may require to be put through the mill again. This opening should be provided with a door of one leaf, or of two leaves, to fasten \vith a bar, from the upper barn. The threshing-machine is not built on the floor, but is supported on two very strong beams extending along the length of the barn : t is the site of the threshing-machine in the figure. (.57.) Immediately in connection with the upper bam is \\ie gavgway, T, fig. 4, Plate IV. and fig. 16. It is used as an inclined plane, upon which to wheel the corn-barrows, and form a road for the carriers of sheaves from the stack-yard. This road should at all times be kept hard and smooth with small broken stones, and at the same time sufiiciently strong to endure the action of barrow-wheels. Either common asphaltum or wood pavement would answer this pui-pose well. To prevent the body of the gangway affecting the wall of the corn-bam with dampness, it should be kept apart from that wall by an arch of masonry. Some farm- ers prefer taking in the corn on carts instead of by a gangway, and the carts in that case are placed alongside th
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