. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year ... lls and doubledoors, next the cow-stable passage, amply protect them on the coating of two or three feet of straw thrown on the top, completely * y ROOTS ? 1 :i; 1 [ o 11J —1 CD 3 % S ^ SI ^ 5 ^ CO orore 03 rn . J lllllllll BASEMCNT 184 ILLUSTRATED ANNUAL REGISTER shuts out the frost from above. The paasage next the cow-stables is wideenough to contain the root slicer, straw cutter, &c. Tlie passage at theend of the straw bay may be made wide enough, if desired, to contain thecoarser tools of th
. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year ... lls and doubledoors, next the cow-stable passage, amply protect them on the coating of two or three feet of straw thrown on the top, completely * y ROOTS ? 1 :i; 1 [ o 11J —1 CD 3 % S ^ SI ^ 5 ^ CO orore 03 rn . J lllllllll BASEMCNT 184 ILLUSTRATED ANNUAL REGISTER shuts out the frost from above. The paasage next the cow-stables is wideenough to contain the root slicer, straw cutter, &c. Tlie passage at theend of the straw bay may be made wide enough, if desired, to contain thecoarser tools of the farm. Ventilators pass perpendicularly iipAvards from the horse and cow-stables to the peak of the barn, and are shown in the exteror view. An advantage results from making the cow-stables in the form of a shedor lean-to, as it may be built (piite separate from the rest of the build-ing; and when the sills decay, which is apt to take place from the largequantities of liquid manure, they are easily renewed, without disturbingthe principal frame SIDE-HILL BARN IN THK USUAL FORM. r i i m to CO BOO-TCELLAR 1 1 ^ Co 1 1 > > 1 n—m- m 11 ,,._,l Fig. 1 represents the ground plan, 44 feet long and 32 feet wide, 10 feethigh—one stable on each end, 14 feet wide, which will give a feed manger3 feet wide, and a good Avide passage in the rear of the animals into 6 stalls, Sg feet Avide, each will stable 12 animals, which areto be fed from a space corresponding in width with the manger, on a levelwith the floor, as will be seen in the floor plan. Fig. 2. This space forfeeding from the floor, is made by leaving a space 3 feet wide at the bottomof the bay on a level with the floor, and inclines towards the floor to abay beam 6 feet high from the floor, so that the space abstracted from the
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