Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-01-13

Farm Buildings

Tron the Ma..aehu.s,t. Tioushu,,a.
Farm Buildings
Tie COS, otrroPsr butdiDss tor farmer
ran important item in hi. capital and a.
the gr,a, majority of our farmer, have bal,
little to begin With, 1t b. quite important 70
ihsa 70 build in ths nos, economical man
usr.
Barns are almos; The hr,i thing to -
looked 10. though all farmer, must have
dwelling houses also. Many young people
are - 'ull q fancy, that they ar, hardly
villir= o. examine other builiins'. before
commencing {, build f0r themselves. llou.-
-. TaJ,isularly, are often bull, without a
pattern ior "yOurs Amsr:ca" intends
to have s1m.shins quite new in style. lie
would no, rermi, hi' carpeatsr TO examine
o,hr dwellings and compare %, he wants
slwsllins different from any one which hs
ha, ever sen. Inus he rlunrcs along
without line or compass, aud ineurs much
sIrsn's, because be does not know exactly
viat Do doe. vani-sui IL mus: De some
thing "a h,ils better" than what the
wisdom Of ssss ha' sanctioned.
Thus "a i nearly = hopeless task TO give
sny advice 10 ,he young In regard to DWELL
ing. except 10 remind ihon of wha, lie
martyr. John Rogers, ,o'I hi, Gieais.
" Bald not your house too high" Bat
regard 10 harm, End out builiins', people
are quite ready enough to follow the pre-
vail,ns mode, and TO copy form, without
rSgsri 70 the SIZE.
ToENs o. H,ENs.
one Of the leading points should Be to
build in such a m,ansr as 70 hA's the
greatest amount % RON inside in rropor-
tion 10 Tho wall. fur rolm is cTcssiinEly
iuporan, where - much bulky mater. 10
70 be protected from tie weather. Hay
and straw and grain must have much room;
and great question is, how will you have
the mot room IN proportion 70 your walls,
or ou,'iie
Itiswell known that square frame con-
tain, more than one IN any other form
Keep your sys constantly on this axiom in
al b1illing, Not thai We would have
them on exactly square, bui We should
ken 10 mind ,ha, every departure from the
,qu,rc is loss Of room m the builiins.
To take an extreme ea,e--a nan has an
acre of land. ~ ihi, acre o, not compact
and in good f1rm. it may eos, him about
twice a. much D. enclose IL as il would DO
II IN better SHAPE. 4 lot loo rods long
anl enc rod wii.. requires So rods Of fence
70 iuclo,, it. Bui l5t hsl' IS lons would
rsquirc buts tri1, more than half as much
fensIns. IL svJulI then b. two rods wide.
Nov have ths form a square, aud sbou'
50 rol. Of fencing inclO's' the wholo-'O
roI, or 80 rols. Lots cannot always Be
laid square. ~, tbs asaror shsv come 10 a
square. the les. will there b. Of fenciu:
Barn. aFe usually bulls in an oSlons
form. q. . natter Of CONVENIENCE. A very
lar.c Igpors barn would rsquirs too much
Isuc,h Of rsf,sr. and too heavy a ro1t The
raltsr. should never hAv, -. than " one
third descent" a. The carpenters call it
That j.. they should bs two thirds the
width or the building. When that j. 80
f.si vide. the ridge will bo 10 fcsi higher
than tie beam. This i often called " one
third pitch 10 feet high in &. buiiiinG
81 fssl wijs-aad - in proportion.
Thi. va. tie rule Of descent 100 years
az. a.v now .,o IL 10 old buiIding'-bui
within 90 YEAR,, notion has extensively
prevailed that roof. more IA; would S1.i
ls... While they mi-h, turn water quite ~
well Bot tls isa f.llacy. and we 'hiuk
that's aj1rity Of our builders IN the eoan'
trv are aware of u. anu ars returning back
g. tie q. o'i pitch. since the shingles last
much longer. aud turn water better.
In baru baIJins. the great room made In
the .t,ic i. not by any means lost. as it oi'
ten d. in hoass.. Al tie room Is wanted
hi.h and low. and Que srea, point i' ,o
have thi. room - handy thai tho hay ma
ksr .h.ll not be obliged 90 pitch his load
too far or too hish-iur be j. always IN
great hurry in iair afternoon.
Therefore take care and not cut up too
much Of the room into door wsy, or drive
~ay. The greatest fault in noisrn barns
!. the waste Of roon in the Go0g way, OF
drive way.
A barn 60 or 80 feet long. should not
have a driJc vsy lsngthNi'e. IL take.
ou,,s to- much room. ani occasions quite
to- much pitching up Of hay and grain. \
s,5r usy o-rgu ,he barn, need not iAk'
half % much room. iaa long barn. SIDE
door. may be 81 made ss TO let the bay IN
20 th, large bay, aLI scAHoll' more hand''
" than is eau Be pitched Up alolt IRON
centre door.
TIE barn should alvays Be set m the
southern slope Of hill, vr rising ground
Sash can always BE- found near by for no
man builds a house in valley. When tb,
r.s i. not sufficient. g; can easily bo mad'
90 where there = any gravel or loan. One
AIDE Of each barn should always have bank