The New England farmer . h is only sixinches deep, so that the water is always freshand clean. The barn is built of wood upon afoundation of granite, and is 50x100 feet. The cellar for manure is 11 feet in theclear, and extends under the entire is lighted and ventilated by windowson the north and south sides. The en-trances for teams AA are at the west, andnearly on the level of the cellar bottom, andare twelve feet in width. The stairs from thestory above are at M. The first floor is about two feet above theground in the yard, into which it opens bythree doors. This story is well
The New England farmer . h is only sixinches deep, so that the water is always freshand clean. The barn is built of wood upon afoundation of granite, and is 50x100 feet. The cellar for manure is 11 feet in theclear, and extends under the entire is lighted and ventilated by windowson the north and south sides. The en-trances for teams AA are at the west, andnearly on the level of the cellar bottom, andare twelve feet in width. The stairs from thestory above are at M. The first floor is about two feet above theground in the yard, into which it opens bythree doors. This story is well lighted bytwelve windows 3xG feet, and ventilated byfour ventilating flues, vvvv, extending from thefour corners to the roof, and by the loweringof the upper sashes of the windows, whichare hung with weights. It is eight feet in theclear, and contains, at BB, six box stalls 8x10ftet; at G a calf pen 10x20 feet; and at F aroot-room 10x30 feet into which roots are 1870. NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 141 Plan of First Floor and Yard,. dumped from the drive-way above. Thisroom can be enlarged by inclosing the calf-pen, or by using the cellar directly under it,if necessary. The roots being on the samelioor with the cattle, can be readily brought outin baskets or on a barrow or truck. Thestalls at CC are furnished with stanchions,and the platforms on which cows are to standare 4^ feet wide. The stalls at DD are sep-arated by partitions extending across themangers, and two feet back between the cat-tle which are fastened by chains about theneck. At EE are passage ways, six feetwide, between mangers, which open into themby hanging doors at the bottom for conven-ience in cleaning. The mangers are boardedup three feet from the floor, and the doors are one foot wide. The fodder is throwndown from the floor above into the passageways through openings, 3x3 feet, seen at GG,in the plan of the upper story, which isreached from below by the stairs at L. The upper floor is entered at A on the eastend of
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