Our homes and their adornments; . hem and the roof ; this secures brisk circula-tion of air. If the ice-house is to be connected with the dwelling, thepreservatory may be entered from the cellar by breaking adooi-way through the wall ; if apart from the house, unlessa side hill be available, some steps downward will benecessary. The ice-house should be wholly above ground, but thepreservatory partly or entirely under, as shown by the gradelines on side of cut. Farm and Carriage Barn. There are many farmers owning farms of from fifty toeighty acres, wdio often feel the need of a carriage barn,


Our homes and their adornments; . hem and the roof ; this secures brisk circula-tion of air. If the ice-house is to be connected with the dwelling, thepreservatory may be entered from the cellar by breaking adooi-way through the wall ; if apart from the house, unlessa side hill be available, some steps downward will benecessary. The ice-house should be wholly above ground, but thepreservatory partly or entirely under, as shown by the gradelines on side of cut. Farm and Carriage Barn. There are many farmers owning farms of from fifty toeighty acres, wdio often feel the need of a carriage barn, yetdo not feel able to build one in addition to their other farmbuildings. To such it is believed this design of a farm andcarriage barn combined wnll be acceptable. The size of the main barn is 30x60 ft., comer posts 15 IGO OUR HOMES AND THEIR ADORNMENTS. ft. high; the linter or back part containing the stables andstore-room is 15x68 ft., with corner posts 9 ft. high. Theshed containing the pig-pen and hen-house is 8x32 ft., and. m 8 ft. hifdi. The grain and water buckets in the horse stablesare filled through sliding doors opening from the hay-racks should be of hard wood or iron, and filled FARM AND CARRIAGE BARN. IGl fioni tlie mow over the carriage room. The granary hascapacity for three hundred bushels of grain, and the wholebam storage room sufficient for a farm of sixty acres. «Q


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