Excerpt from Modern Farm Building: Being Suggestions for the Most Approved Ways of Designing the Cow Barn, Dairy, Horse Barn, Hay Barn, Sheepcote, Piggery, Manure Pit, Chicken House, Root Cellar, Ice House, and Other Buildings of the Farm Group, on Practical, Sanitary and Artistic Lines He wishes to acknowledge here his indebtedness to many friends who have helped him in his work: to Mr. S. L. Stewart, for his assistance on the method of milking; indeed the chap ter on Administration is virtually a description of the man ner in which milk is made at the Brookside Farm; to Mr. James A. Reburn, for many suggestions with regard to the detail of the cow barn; to Mr. Harlo J. Fiske, manager of Skylands Farm, Sterlington, N. Y., for much that is comprised in the chapter on the Chicken House; to the author's friend, Mr. A. Foxton Ferguson, who has proved that friendship many times over by reading through his manuscript and giv ing to it the benefit of his literary skill; and last, but by no means least, to Francis Lynde Stetson, Esq, who has entrusted to his care the architectural work on the beautiful Skylands Farm, giving him a free hand in the carrying out of every detail, who has been receptive of every thought which would improve any of the buildings in appearance or usefulness, has been patient with the perplexities of building and always help ful in suggestion. It has been a rare privilege to cooperate with him and the author here writes his grateful acknowledg ment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.