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FARM BUILDINGS. 



The arrangement of the buildings on the Danish farms is quite 

 uniform. They are usually placed in a square around an open court. 

 On the smaller farms the square is frequently incomplete, having build- 

 ings on only three sides, while on the smallest farms there are but two 



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Old Danish farm house. 



buildings, placed at right angles. When the buildings are in a square 

 the house occupies the side of the court toward the road. Opposite this 

 is the hay and straw barn. On one side of the court are the horse 

 stable and cow stable, and on the other side the granary, storage for 

 machinery, and the pig sty. In the central court, which is paved with 

 stone, is frequently foimd a large 

 Danish piunp and a horse power 

 for threshing and cutting hay or 

 straw. Outside of this court, but 

 adjacent to the stable, is usually 

 the manure pit, which is walled 

 up four feet on the sides and has 

 an impervious bottom. Many 

 times this has a roof to protect the 

 manure from waste by rain. A 

 cistern for liquid manure is near, 

 and if the manure in the pit be- 

 comes too dry to decompose prop- 

 erly, the liquid is pumped onto it. ^°'''''^'' °^ ^^^^^'^^ court showing cottage 



and stable. Stork's nest on ridge of 



On some oi the large farms wliere roof. 



the court has more size the manure pit is inside the court. 



Danish buildings are constructed of stone or brick, and on the older 

 ones the roof is of thatch, held on with cross sticks at the ridge. The 



