wanted they can be conveniently attached on the South side, and likewise a feed room to include the main entry door, well and pump, The mows being narrow makes it convenient to mow, and by driving through, there is no backing out, which saves time, and two or three wagons can unload at one and the same time, if required. That once inside the barn all the feeding can be done, and the stables cleaned out without a wet foot or a drop of rain; and having but one set of pillars in the centre of the barn yard, gives plenty of room for hauling out the manure, which can be loaded up without being exposed to a hot sun, and manure thus kept is worth almost double that which is exposed, and the cattle are always warm and dry. The eavetroughs on both sides of the barn are of pine, 6 by 12 inches, each piece being 50 feet long, and heading together in the middle, at which place the water is conducted by a four inch tin pipe to underdrains. In conclusion, I would say that I am nothing more than a common farmer, having been brought up to hard work on the farm, and having had but little time for mental culture, I am afraid, in giving my plan of a barn, I have been unable to make myself sufficiently understood, for which I would ask the indulgence of your committee. I remain, gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, GEORGE HERRON, Jr. An Estimate of Cost. Paid surveyor to lay it out exactly North and South.............. "Masons for the whole of the mason work.... Boarding the game while they made 56 days' work, at 6 days for 1................ Paid for 22 days' attending masons, at $9 per 22 days arding at 6 days for $i. month... 62 $66 50 9 33 7 61 3 66 Paid for repairing timber wheels.- 45,500 shingles, which, with freight, drayage and Eave troughs in Cincinnati, $24, freight and haul- Irons for eave troughs and spring beam..... Two sash windows $2, and 2 gallons linseed oil, A gallon of oil and a keg of white lead.. Lightning rod point $1, iron and smith work for same $3 78_.. Iron for railway track for large doors. Twelve pounds wrought nails at 17 cents... $6.00 100 00 30 00 7 70 2.75 3 42 2 37 4.70 1. 04 4 78 88 2.04 Paid to John F. Dair & Co., Cincinnati, for nails and spikes 26 55 Paid for nails and screws besides the above, and zinc for 66 lightning rod... V. Millspaugh for carpenter work... $245 00 2 53 The timber and all the lumber was cut on the farm. 162 43 12 22 Paid for sawing, 881 21. The logs for the same, to buy them would be worth $81 21 more... Received 1,222 ft. boards for logs sawed on shares, which could not have been bought for less than $1 per 100____ Received 8,011 feet lath for logs sawed on shares, which could not have been bought for less than 40 cents per 100 32 04 Received 1,287 ft. lumber from logs sawed on shares, which could not have been bought for less than $1 per 100____ Paid for sawing 320 ft. boards which could not have been bought for less than.... 12 87 3 20 Paid for 493 feet hemlock boards in Cincinnati, at $1 25 per 100, which with hauling amounted to.. 7 40 Paid L. Jenkins for day cutting saw logs. 25 Paid for screws, staples and rings for horse stable.... 31 5 27 The well is 14 feet 6 inches deep, dug out 7 ft. in diameter and walled with a foot wall, which would cost at least... 14 50 54-AG. RE, The $11 40 328 66 $1,200 00 I will here remark that wages were lower then than now, and shingles much lower. G. H. PREMIUMS AND REGULATIONS, WITH THE NAMES OF THE AWARDING COMMITTEES, OF THE SECOND ANNUAL FAIR OF THE OHIO STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, TO BE HELD AT THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, On the 24th, 25th, and 26th days of September, 1851. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. NAMES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR THE YEAR 1851. M. L. SULLIVANT, President, Columbus, Ohio. J. G. GEST, Secretary, Xenia. F. R. ELLIOTT, Cleveland. do do JACOB T. PUGSLEY, Convenience, Fayette County. J. M. EDWARDS, Canfield, Mahoning County. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. M. L. SULLIVANT, Columbus. JACOB T, PUGSLEY, Convenience, Fayette co. Articles will be received, September 22d, 23d, and up to 12 o'clock on the 24th. Examination of the the Judges, September 26th. General Exhibition for the public, September 25 and 26th. PRICE OF ADMISSION. Badges will be sold to Exhibitors at One Dollar, which will admit themselves and families; also to others, which will give access to the grounds, for a gentleman and two ladies during the public Exhibition. Single tickets will be sold at the office, at Twenty Cents each, for one admission, |