The space between the rack of poles and the glass roof was of course pervious to the sun rays and often became very warm.

Three scuttles, four feet square, set low in the glass roof and guarded by a framework, enabled us to pitch the grass from the cart directly into the loft; and I may add here that the dried hay could be pitched into the haymow through apertures in the side of the barn.
That season the sun scarcely shone at all.

The old fire box and boiler were needed most of the time.

We installed the antiquated apparatus under the open floor virtually in the middle of the long space beneath, where it served as a hot-air furnace.

The tall smoke pipe rose to a considerable height above the roof of the barn; and to guard against fire we carefully protected with sheet iron everything round it and round the fire box.