. The American farm and stock manual. Agriculture; Home economics. RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 21. the left of the niaiu flooi-way is the cow linter, and, beneath, the pig pen. The arrangement will be more readily understood from the illustration, Fig. 2. 1. Sheep pen; 2. Bam floorway; 3. Standing floor in the linter; 4. Cows' manger; 5. Iron strap used instead of stanchion; 6. Tie chain; 7. A trough filled Avith dirt or sawdust for the animals', front feet to stand on, thus pre- venting slipping; 8. Cows' feed door; 9. Shoeps' feed door; 10. Sheep rack; 11. Pig pen; 12. Windows used for cleaning shee
. The American farm and stock manual. Agriculture; Home economics. RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 21. the left of the niaiu flooi-way is the cow linter, and, beneath, the pig pen. The arrangement will be more readily understood from the illustration, Fig. 2. 1. Sheep pen; 2. Bam floorway; 3. Standing floor in the linter; 4. Cows' manger; 5. Iron strap used instead of stanchion; 6. Tie chain; 7. A trough filled Avith dirt or sawdust for the animals', front feet to stand on, thus pre- venting slipping; 8. Cows' feed door; 9. Shoeps' feed door; 10. Sheep rack; 11. Pig pen; 12. Windows used for cleaning sheep pens and pig pens; 13. Tight partition; 14. Walk liehind the cows; 15. Scuttle for cleaning out manure. It will be noticed that the door through which the sheep are fed opens downward, and does not con- flict Avith the cows' feed door, Avhich lifts upward. By having these doors the linter can be closed up tight in cold Aveather, and the cattle Avill keep warm. The main part of the ^ convenient 1. barn need not be clap-boarded. So long as the roof is tight and the hay does not get Avet, it is no injury to the fodder to have it Avell ventilated. This ventilation is indeed beneficial and necessary to carry off from the fodder the effluvia from the manure in the cellar. Clieap Barn Cellar.—But comparatively few farmers (as compared to the masses) have yet been convinced that it Avill pay to construct a root-cel- lar, and then to raise the roots to fill it with, but for all that, those who have provided themselves Avith cel- lars find they pay. As it is not always convenient to have one beneath the barn, it may be built above ground as follows: Dig down three feet the size desired; twelve by tAventy feet makes a good large cellar; and ten ])y sixteen feet Avill do for six or eight hundred bushels. Get on hand a lot of small logs or poles from six to ten inches in diameter, with which to build the portion above ground. Cut the poles for each side three feet longer than
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