The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-04-02
K.a... pssi.i. Barn.
barn.
B-Barn-yards.
D-Barn-doors. II
LBarn. ward fences.


Barn yards.
D-Barn-doors. ~ I
NBarn-y yard fences.
The plan for farm barn, as defined in
the above diagram, was suggested by the
necessity of the case; that is, the search
ty of timber, and the consequent high
price, and almost insurmountable diff.
Guilty of obtaining lumber on the prairies
of Kansas. The plan includes one acre
of land in the form of a square, with
barn in the center, say thirty feet square,
four sub-yards adjoining the four sides Of
the barn, in such manner or form as will
allow team, with a wagon or cart, to ap-
proach the doors of the barn, on its sew
eral sides. .ols' -
The barn may be built of stone, brick or
wood, as shall best suit, or be considered
most economical; but it is believed stone
will be the cheapest as well as the most
durable. The principal materials, quarry
stone and lime, are found in sufficient
quantities on almost every quarter section
in the Territory, if we except the larger
class Of the river bottoms, and can be pro.
cured by the common labor of the farmer.
d As our Territory has an almost unl;m-
tied capacity for agricultural productions,
it would be well, where dry elevation
can he selected, to have cellar, of full
size, under the barn for, the time is not
far distant when "root feeding of stock"
will be extensively practiced, especially
for beef and other domestic animals for
winter market; also, in the keeping Of
cows, sheep and working teams. Corn
will always be largely cultivated and
abundantly produced, and with vegetable
roots must ultimately and soon become
extensively used in the stall feeding of
domestic animals. This opinion, in rela-
ton TO root feeding, is entertained with
hoio OOuhuOuOO ocSdusc IL 10 uOuuteQ Oy
many intelligent farmers, whether the
more valuable grasses can be largely pro-
duced in this frequently arid and drouth-
inclined climate. We give. these views
of the future agriculture of the country,
as some of our reasons for advising cel-
lar under Kansas barn, in all cases where
the features of the place and the nature of
the ground will admit it. The building
above ground is not designed so much for
housing unthreshed grain and hay, as for
stabling, and depository of grain in bins
when it is threshed, and also for a store
house in general, for all the outdoor i'm
plements of country farm.
Stacking of grain crops must ever be
the method Of securing them until they
can be housed and securely deposited in
bins or well protected cribs.
The four yards into which the square
is divided by division fences, and each of
which is adjoining to and communicating
with the barn by means Of as many doors
in the corresponding sides of the barn,
will, it is believed, be found very con-
venient for stacking grain, hay and other
crops; also, for yarding and feeding stock.
teams &C., and for securing and feeding
all kinds Of domestic animals, as occasion
may require. The walls of these four
small yards should be from six to seven
feet high, and in suitable places sheds
may be erected on them for the better
protection of stock, by placing rails on the
walls and on long poles, supported by posts
set in the ground, and then a roof put on
by covering them with straw, prairie
grass, &c. Every farmer knows how to
build these sheds or shelters, and knows
their cheap construction, and practical
value in a winter storm. To great ex-
tent these yards will supply the place Of
the large and costly barns Of the older and
timbered States of the North and East
and in our temperate and comparatively
mild climate, will answer good purpose
certainly preferable to anything else we
in this new country, can avail ourselves oi
at the same cost of money and labor
Further-in case the storms in winter
change their direction, which is not uu.
common, by opening gate or barway the
stock can, at any time, have the benefit ol
the lee side of the walls, aud thus escape
much OF the exposure unavoidably Incl
dent to a barn-yard otherwise constructed
or arranged.
It must be observed the barn, as con-
templated in the diagram, will allow ol
thirty feet of stabling, and then space fol
bins and threshing floor, and also room
for storage above, according to the hight
of the building. The size, however, may
be varied to suit the wishes of the propri-
etor. The yard should not be less than
| mentioned aboye-quarter of an acre
each. -,.t.s,
The above plan is submitted for exam.
iDation, and any one who will suggest ar
improvement viii do us favor. We
imagine our political crisis is passed, and
why not now study the arts of peace ?
We now need barns and other improve.
ments, more than Sharp's rifles, or Uncle
Sans artillery. ]. W. T.
Eorne Esra'd Of Frsedom.
LAwREScE, March 31st 1859.
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