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ticular fituatlon fliould make it more convenient, t?ic lar;,^e doors 

 may be placed in the back of the byre. 



This plan is not ideal, but has been a£ted upon in feveral 

 farm-fteadings in RoxburghOiire, and wiM contain double the 

 number of cattle which Mr Hunter's byre does, and with a lefs 

 quantity of walling, and as little (if not lefs) roofing. They 

 are fed and cleaned with equal eafe ; and the urine may, with 

 equal convenience, be conveyed to a compoil dung court. 



Thedimenfions of Mr Hunter's byre, not dedu6i;ing che doors, 

 are, 



Length of back wall - - 60 feet 

 Front wall - - - - 44 

 One end wall - - - 16 



Outer wall of turnip barn^ - 27 

 Inner do. - - - - 27 



Total length of walling - 1 74 feet 



The above plan, 2 -//alls of 64 feet each - 128 

 2 ditto of 18 - - 36 



1 64 total ; 



being 10 feet of lefs walling than Mr Hunter's, and exclufive o£ 

 the party-wall between tlie court of offices and the turnip bara 

 in Mr Hunter's plan. 



Were a byre conftru£led on Mr Hunter's plan for twenty 

 cattle, the inconvenience of having the turnips in a barn at one 

 end would be ferioufly felt, and would occafion part of them to 

 be carried in a bajhet not lefs than tlir diftance of 80 feet. But 

 furely Mr Hunter's fervant muft have found, even for his ten 

 cattle, a wheelbarrow to be a much better conveyance. 



In a farm where only ten cattle are fed, the plan I fend you is 

 alfo very convenient. For five feeding cattle being placed on one 

 fide of the turnip fpace, and five young cattle, or milk cows, on 

 the other fide, the green tops or fhaws of the turnips may be 

 thrown on one fide to the young cattle, and the roots on the 

 other fide to the ittding ones. No doubt, this plan will not 

 admit fuch a quantity of turnips, proportioned to the number of 

 cattle, to be laid up as in Mr Hunter's-, but the fpaces for the 

 turnips ma:y be increafed, if neceiTary, by adding a' few feet of 

 length. 



Turnips may alfo be prefervcd in the field as well as in a 

 houfe, in the following eafy method. Cut off rheir tops and 

 roots, and lay up the turnips in heaps of three or four cart-lo^ds 

 each ; cover tliem with earth, or with draw and ..irrh, in the 

 fame way as it is ufual to preferve potatoes, and they will keep 

 fully as longi or longer, than they will do in a houfe. This 



U 2 method 



