New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-27
II HUGE BERKSHIRE BARN
On Estate of W. ID. SIoaHe-Coa
500 ,OOO-FOr Goes and Sheen

Lenox Mass. Sept. Is (SpeciaD-The farm b,--
az Hishlawn- the four-hundred-acre farm OF WIN
fam D. Sloane. Of New-York which has iust -
completed. Is % the largest and finest -
pointed structures OF It's kind In America 7. 4.
located two and half miles south Of Lemon va
iage, just beyond Erskine Park the country =.
tate Of George Westinghouse. At HIghIawn sac,
year Is hello the annual Lenox horse show. N.
great society event in the inland Newport
For the last year a small army OF men have b..,
Engaged in building this stock barn ard 4, =,
only this month that it was put to Use The str,c.
ture is designed for cows and sheep cuIy and !,
is understood that another building Tor NJ
sloanes horses is to be erected shortly adiogplr,
the stock barn The stock barn Just eompIstsd
cost 100000.
The main body OF the barr is fs3 feet lonr Nv -
feet wide and in its principal nov 100 tons a,
hay be stored The extreme height from N.
basement to the top Of the dome is q Zee. =,
the way OF materials the following figures xtv.
an idea OF the immense amount Used In ths cos,
struction Of the building: Roush lumber used
rs 600 square feet; number OF shingles or roos
80 90; concrete used. 1900 square Yards. br,-k
Is 900.
Under the ridge OF the main roof vi-bi, -.
hay room is trolley system. From TIE csnt-.
wheels run iron track east ard west 70 N.
ends OF the building. Down To the floor vsvt,. A..
feet below descends a series % ropes attached "a
a patent self-acting lock When the hay is Ioadaa
on n wagon It Is placed IN three separate bav
When the wagon is in position IN the barn a horse
Us h1tched TO one Of the hanging ropes 5nofbs-
rope Is attached 70 the upper sling OF the Load
the trolley carries the hay TO It's position in ths
NOW where another rope releases the sling n osr,
and the hay falls into its place in the NOW
There are thirty-five patent stalls for cows ana
cattle and FIVE hOspital stalls All OF Mr. Sfoans.
cows are registered Jerseys or Swiss. the sbo.1
are Hampshres and Southdowus. Water for ~
barn Is supplied by steam pump from a sprf7g ~
grove on the farm. a tank IN the huilii1g bolj Il
Ing l50D gallons is always filed.
In the front OF the southwest end OF the barn q.
me dairy IL Is = BY p feet one ard half stor'es
high. II has butter room, separator room baI
and an eight foot veranda. The floors ana COM
feet OF wainscotng are OF concrete. except In lie
butter ROOM whore white tile Is used The -.
refrigerator Is of glass. The separator Il orera
BY electric power, and separates the milk hv en-
trtfuEal action. two streams. Of cream and 0ps
Of milk running as long the reservoir al Ire t.
top Of the separator is kept supplied There Is
modern butter cooler. a churn and hot and sold
water supply tn this department
The farm supplies more milk and cream than Mr.
Sloane's family and those Of his sOus-in-law and
the multitude Of employees the estate use and a
large quantity Is daily shipped to New-York mar
ketS.
The farm land runs for mile or more west IN
Guiding part Of Rattlesnake Mountain On one
Of the levels intervening Mr. sloane raised
hundred acres Of oats Ibis year. Besides the stock
the farm. there hundreds OF horses and
thousands OF fowl. all housed In fine style.