Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-02-07
Irasburgh Farmers Club.
What Constitutes a Good Barn ?


the barn should be on dry ground.
with atural drainage, and with the
yard towards the south. The plan /.
of having basement cellars is good
one, and stables should be in them, as
cattle can be kept warmer, and in case
of fire the cellar would be safer, as the
fire works upward and would give
time In some cases to save the cattle
from being burned as they were in a
barn at Barton Landing lately. A
basement affords shelter for the ma
nure made in winter, and room for
composing different kinds of manure
together.
E. ?. Church-Presented a plan for
| barn 40 feet by 10, with cellar;
| the barn above the basement to be
used for storing hay and grain both
sides the floor, which is through the
| length of the barn. In the basement
fifteen feet across, one end is used for
Sheltering farm tools, the next fifteen
feet stables for cattle, the remainder
of the cellar 40 by 40, would be for
young cattle and sheep. In construct
| n,,l1 IlAnhlo hoo III +l,o - A., IL
half inch and 81 inch boards, and al
so bats or cleats over the cracks out
side.
J. B. Fassett-If man wants to
keep all kinds Of stock he requires a
barn different from the man who only
: keeps cows. | have studied to know
what is perfect dairyman's barn. |
: have seen one barn that cost $4,000;
: its dimensions were so bv 100 feet.
The stables were in the basement on
r both sides, and tubes six feet square
extended from the high brano dv-n
: to the stables, "a feet along the sides
2 Of these tubes were openings to pu
in the hay that would drop to the sta
a bles. The hay was drawn into The
s gable end of the barn, so it was very
:, easy to store the hay. But propose
t, to build barn on a different plan
80 feet wide and 100 long, with a eel
a lar, but my COW stable, IA feet wide
IS will be even with the barn floor tn
d whole length on one side, the manur
r will be dropped through the floor L
Id the cellar below. Under the floor al
ell other stable for young cattle, also
I'd cellar for roots. Shall have a wild
at manger in front of the cows so as [
pass along when feeding them. Th
ne Young cattle are fed from the floor O
e., the bay side. My barn floor will slar
&c down at entrance so as to make it e.
. sier to draw in loads. | once built
as barn with the stable dropped fol
fe feet lower than the floor and Is fe,
)m wide. There was long bin back {
the COWS into which manure W;
ne thrown, and to get it out the team W;
driven into the stable. But pref
ed a stable even with the floor; if it
ts- double boarded Inside and out it wOr
by freeze.
It's Mr.. Tenney-My idea of go'
cir barn is one made of good matters
Nv we'll put together and planned accor
ing to the stock the farmer wishes
at keep. If had barn cellar she
ted want cistern to receive the liqui
her that would drain from the stable,
cry they are nearly as valuable as t
9th droppings.
dis z. P. Church-The main things
Gus a barn will be the same whateV
stock he may keep. There is gre
ain objection to keeping cattle over {
he lar; we hear of floors breaking th
nlly and the cattle hanging by the neck.
he On most of our farms we could he
and two story barns, but driving in at
of gable end is not always practica
Y, nor desirable.
four James Clement-The main THU
317. are warmth and ventilation; both
bury essential. | dislike to have the
'hen nure kept under the stable; the cd
are unhealthy for cattle and faint
[. E hay. Our stables should be IN
ding near the ground and warm. Ca
cad from warm stable appear very
that ferently from those that are cold.
think it good idea to have the b;
fees ment made of stone, then it will
ears warmer and more easily kept from
the as the farmer who visits his barn '
lantern goes to see his cattle,
il in fire was accidentally kindled it CT
Bar be more easily subdued. think
eens- have too many barns, one large on
quail better than several small ones.
oecu- z. E. Jameson objected to Mr.. ]
hing sett's plan for farm barn, as it
'pted vided for no horse stable, hog ho