. Agriculture of Maine. ... annual report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture. Agriculture -- Maine. SECRETARY'S REPORT. 169 2^yh. Fig. 2. Scale 20 ft. to the inch. Diameter of barn 60 ft. 4J inches. Figure 2 sliows a barn of twenty-five feet on the sides. Diam- eter of barn sixty feet and four and one-third inches. A good height of walls for such a barn would be twenty-four feet. The floor-way should be twelve feet in the clear. Under the girts the centre space is thirty-three feet wide. Five sides give ample room for twenty-five stalls for large cattle or horses, being four fe
. Agriculture of Maine. ... annual report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture. Agriculture -- Maine. SECRETARY'S REPORT. 169 2^yh. Fig. 2. Scale 20 ft. to the inch. Diameter of barn 60 ft. 4J inches. Figure 2 sliows a barn of twenty-five feet on the sides. Diam- eter of barn sixty feet and four and one-third inches. A good height of walls for such a barn would be twenty-four feet. The floor-way should be twelve feet in the clear. Under the girts the centre space is thirty-three feet wide. Five sides give ample room for twenty-five stalls for large cattle or horses, being four feet wide each at the rear. Pillars may be set in front of stalls to support the scaffold, and leave the centre space clear. The loft of such a barn will store one hundred tons of hay. In many locations the cart way could be cheaply made to an upper floor, thus saving much severe labor in the unloading of fodder. When such an arrangement is not practicable, (3) the height of roof on this plan would admit (3.) An upper floor for a cart-way in this plan is not impracticable, even on a level plat. Neither should the cellar be omitted. To a floor elevated twelve feet above the lower oue, the lower being three feet above the surface of the ground, an easy grade may be had ("five degrees elevation) by commencing an artificial embank- ment one hundred and seventy feet distant. Tlie twenty feet adjoining the barn should be a bridge, under which a short cart may enter and leave the lower floor. This matter of an upper cart-way is one of immense importance, and should be secured even at a heavy Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Maine. Board of Agriculture; Maine State Pomological Society. Annual report. Augusta
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