Rustic Farm- Yard Structures 83 



court, and of the exceedingly clever way in sands of insects which torment our poor 



which native timber, in its rough state, was cattle. 



made use of to give effective-looking and really Figs. 3 and 4 are entrance gates or doors 



pretty structures. And, as for the use of to cattle sheds. 



Fig. 5- Fig. 6. 



ornamental or cut wood-work, we have no Figs. 5, 6, and 7 illustrate various forms of 



hesitation in saying that our carpenters and rural or farm structures, adapted for cattle 



joiners have everything to learn in connexion and forage sheds, all constructed of rough 



with it. timber. 



AVe here present a few sketches of parts of Fig. 8 illustrates an arrangement for di^■id- 



rural structures, composed ot rough timber. 

 Fig. I is a field shelter shed, designed by the 

 Marquis of Havrincourt of Havrincourt, Pas 

 de Calais, and is constructed entirely of 

 timber in the rough, or poles and branches 



ing the stalls in stables ; a a \?, the back post, 

 b c c the manger. The usual form of "travis" 

 is supplied by the pole e e, suspended to the 

 front of the manger by the chain d; the other 

 end is suspended by the chain /^^/ the end 71 



with the bark on, and looks neat and eftective; 

 and, what is more, forms a pleasant shelter in 

 times when the sun beats down upon the 

 fields, and urges into vindictive life the thou- 



corresponds to the end g, and is taken up and 

 passed over the lever ;;/, jointed at /, and the 

 end of which lever ;;/ is held by a catch in the 

 lever jointed at k to the bracket / /, secured 



