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22 We present at foot of preceding page the perspective, and below the plans of the basement and first floor of the Barn recently erected on the Stock Farm of the Industrial University. The barn has a north and west front of 80 feet each Each limb, or ell, is 40 feet wide. It is of the kind known as a side hill barn. In tkebaseme?it plan, the space marked A is under the horse stalls and has a concrete bottom, sloping towards the cistern, O, designed to catch the liquid manures. The space marked U is a manure pit, open at both ends and sloping to the center with concrete bottom. R is a root cellar. C, the cook room,

B

Main Floor.

to be furnished with a steam boiler to steam food, and to run a small engine to furnish power for grinding, threshing and cutting. D is a set of hog pens, and E another set of pens or yard under the shed which extends along both sides of the barn in the angle. S represents a set of bull stalls for the several breeds. S, a series of stalls for fine breeding cows, with calf pens in the rear of each. O O shows the place of the large cis- ^ terns taking the water f from the roofs. H shows (g) location of the hay scales. H [~j

Basement Plan.

In the plan of the first floor, B B are bridges. T T T show trap doors in the rear of horse stalls to allow droppings to be thrown into manure pit. L shows a series of box stalls for breeding mares. G G grain bins. M a harness room. P a large ventilating tube or flue, leading from cattle room below to the cap above the roof. There are doors in the sides of this flue, through which hay can be thrown down for feeding the cattle. Above the main floor are ample hay lofts. The foundation walls are of heavy stone work.