New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-29


during the most Indictment weather, and TO sei out
the compost in Withdrawing load 10 the upland
and bringing back load Of cord--ood to the rail.
rOsd-s esteemed considerable.
On the next floor are the Cattle aud ores incui-
ing more then fly Mix Cows, msinly fine Devons,
with three or four yoke Of Working Oxen and as many
teams Of Horses Each ia kept in ia place by long
strap buekled around the neck, bat giving eIch an
pie freedom TO lex every psr; Of il body which IS
deemed Important Food ard drink are given 10
each IN q large iron trough or r,nger resembling a
quarter OF large potash kettle. with circular and
two square sdes. The water flows within easy reach
every where. TIE stalk, roots &c, are all cut or
sliced before feeding and are ultimately to be sea ned
in gigantic boiler on the premises Al the end OF
each long row Of COW stalls hangs large black board
bearing a, the left side the number Of each stall in
pepper diculAr column; on a horn of the occl-
pant Of said stall a corresponding number is in-
pressed end whenever she has been MIXED,
her pal is Immediately set in the weigh
scales the weight OF milk sscertained and placed
opposite her number on the black bosrii
and the end Of each week the aggregate weight OF
milk and its sscertaned value irried to the COW
credit in accounboos, where her food IL in Ike
manner charged and Il any COW proves on years
trial Improbable she i. sold of and another pu. in
her place. The animals Of course are clean, fat and
con Portable. They only turned outin mild weather
for short time at midday, and Mr.. Wilkinson OBJ
served that they might thus be kept ninety successive
days in the stable without injury or suffering The
Mix room il directly north Of the stable, under the
carIisge-wsy, with srobed stone roof and caP--
cious store Of ice at the far end The room Is vel
tempered of course, may be warmed in winter If ne
cestary has wster-pipes running through it, and ice
within arms length Of the mak. pans.
On the next higher floor is q capscious kitchen
and all cenvtpiences for the family who board the
workmen fourteen to twenty in number who sleep
in spacious chamber still higher. The family never
have TO move oui Of their special premises for water
or any ether accessary to their labor Their slops
fall into the basement, where they belong.
On this foor are Woodruff Planning Machine,
Saw Mill Buzz Saw for cutting wood about as fast
as it can be handed CD grind stone always kept in
rapid motion by water, &c sc. Into one apart
menf load Of grain is driven and pitched oil into
hopper thence run by watfr through Ihreshing-
Machine he screened grain delivered in rs proper bin,
tie chsn sent to Its appointed destination, and the
straw carried sixty to eighty feet and deposited
il the apartment prepared for itallbeyond the pitch
Ing being done by the unaided force Of wa:e< on
machinery
We might say more Of this Barn-probably the
most complete ever yet built-yet not half exhaust
i.s peculsiities Ultimately We believe, nearly all
the food for cattle will be steamed Indian corn being
thrown into the boiler it from the field and
stalk, cars and leaves all reduced to pulp by the
operation Of heat and water We understand Mr..
wilkinson however that the feeding of some long
uncut hay from time 10 time is found advantageous
TO health and d. elton.
We do not suppose Mr. Leavilt will ever make
this barn pay in the narrow, pecuniery sense it is
very seldom that SO bold and radical novelty proves
profitable. We should ask more than one per cent.
to insure It against the stream which IT brides and
the Dee hbois say there is qucksand under its found
aiions-,hai the wheel of twenty-five feet breast
which ia to drive ts machinery will tear il TO pieces
within year, &c, sc. Fire. flood, or other clsT-
ally may destroy greatly damage it, but Wills It
stands, that Barn will be perpetual suggestion Of
improvements on this side on ihst TO the farmers
who may visit IT, and we think its owner, even
though to bic own cost, will prove sisns benefac-
tor to the public.