, 1859-12-09
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PENNSYLVANIA Barns.

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All over the farming world Pennsylvania
& celebrated for the size and quality of its
barns. There IL nothing to equal 1t in this
respect In any other State In the Union. nor
IN the States Of Europe. In New York
State the fences may be better, but the barns
arenot, on an average, halt the size. In
England, where capital is vested mere exten.
sively in farming than any country on the
globe, according to the number Of acres un.
der cultivation, there is no such system Of
barns Is in this State.
A few noblemen may have one or two
such barns, but it would not generally be
esteemed economical. The hay is all stacked
In the open field, and, in fact everything is left
far more to be operated upon by the weather
than BY our farmers. This year these barns
arOfilled with plenty, and, indeed, il is sea.
son well calculated to test the advantages Of
our State system Of farming very thoroughly.
We saw letter from q large farmer who
had gone out West from Pennsylvania, and
made himself the laughing stock of all the
farmers around him BY investing so large an
amount Of capital in o barn. But he adds
that when i was built these same neighbOrs,
one and all, came to him. desiring to store
grain in it.
Stll It must be regarded as a fair and even
question for discussion, whether on the whole
-itpays in an economical point Of view.- A
good farm Of . hundred acres, according to
our theory Of farming, requires q bank barn
thar viii cost on an average $1,000. The
Interest alone Is 500, but barns are pecu.
liarly apt to get burnt by accident or re-
,venge, or lightning, so that the insurance,
wear and tear, new roofs, Sc, will make up
i've per cent more, or ell0 as annual cost Of
The barn. The question Is, does this pay
We think that Il can be shown that It does.
Everything exposed 10 the weather wastes
and is injured, and the loss thus sustained is
very great. Products are injured by vari.
Gus enemies. The rats vii! not only eat
their fll, even more ahundantly than in q
well filed barn, but make ho,es in the stacks
through which the rain will soak and settle
90 6 70 destroy far more.
The Indirect advantages Of good barn
are what are chiefly overlooked in the esti-
mates however. ltenables farmer to have
the command Of time. He can thrash when
he pleases. and in ell weather. He can leave
ofuhen he pleases and resume without trou
BE or loss, thrash out little at q time, as
ho wants the straw or wants to sell and
leave the rest ill bis hands arenot otherwise
engaged. In this way il keeps him from ev-
er being idleor evorovercroWded. Itequal-
izea the pressure Of his occupation through
the year, and enables him to employ labor
when it Is cheapest and most advantageous
and convenient 70 himself Il keeps his cat
to always IN good order with the least trou-
BE and risk. Where the food has only got
70 pc thrown down, and everything is per
foclly convenient, the saving Of labor is not
The only saving. Il prevents cattle from
being neglected often, and suffering thus.
AT the end Of tho year good barn viii al
most have paid half the interest Of itself
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The quality and quantity Of the manure
collected vii vf itsslf make up large por.
ton Of the remainder. Manure exposed
20 The weather evAporates more than half It's
valuable and reproductive qualities The am
monia Is best preserved By is being under
cover. As the whole permanent prosper
ity Of he farmer depends on the steady In
provemsnt Of the quality Of his land, ev-
orything touching manure Is vital In the
highest degree. In addition 10 this, the far.
mar, with good barn, has the command Of
the market. II wheat is not high enough, he
can wait until Il i, without injury or loss.
Irua there is many . merchant will store it
foI him, 70 be settled for when he pleases.
But hrmars cannot be too much on their
Euard against this sort Of accommodation. Il
Che merchant fails, the crop may be all lost.
Enough. thias % vindieate the economy Of q
good barn.
But besides this, al Of these permanent
Investments Of capital make the farmer q
more permanent occupant Of the same land.
hlak6s ten years for . good farmer to get
things right and straight around him, and af.
Ger this he viii not be in haste to sell, or
able to end ons with the money who win
aPPreoiate q. be does the comforts and con-