•^ft® Piaf^ of a Feeding By ft, Aug* 



TO THE CONDUCTOR OF THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



Plan of a Feeding Byre, 



Sir, , 



Expecting to have feen in your Magazine a defcription of a 

 complete farm-flcadingj as promifed in No. XI., I deferred fend- 

 ing you the following plan of a feeding byre. I do not difpute 

 the ufefuhicfs of Mr Hunter's at Eikinount, but cannot fubfcribe 

 to that part of the concluding paragraph where it is ftated * that 

 there is no part of it either unneceffary, or in any way more than 

 ufually expenfive. ' 



The following is, in mj opinion, more convenient, and much 

 Lfs expenftve. 



PLAN OF A FEEDING BYRE. 



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This byre, 6o feet long by f8 feet wide, will contain twenty 

 cattle, (landing acrofs the houfe with their hinds towards each 

 ')ther, and leave a fpace between them for laying up the tur- 

 nips. A A A A are the four fpaces for the cattle, each contain- 

 iiig five, and may be fitted up with cribs, or (tone troughs, ac- 

 cording to Mr Hunter's plan. B B are the two fpaces for con- 

 taining the turnips, each 8 feet wide, and are divided from the 

 cribs or troughs by a ftrong wooden partition, or thin party- 

 wall, of about 3 feet or 3i,feet high. The doors DD are wide 

 enough to allow the cart with the turnips to be backed in and 

 turned up. The turnips are thrown to the cattle over this low 

 wall or partition. C C C are palTages of 4 feet wide, behind the 

 cattle, for cleaning out the dung by the doors E E E.* If a par- 

 ticular 



* The engraver of the Plan having omitted to mark the centre door 

 with the letter E, the reader i$ requelled to fupply the omiflipn with 

 bjs pen. 



