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Cultivation of Moorland. 



PLAN OF LINHAY (Cattle-Shed), 

 For the Water-Meadows. 



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The above linhay is 30 feet long by 10 feet in the clear, with 

 two oak posts or pillars, and liaj-loft over, and is placed against 

 a hill-side fronting the south ; thus, in cutting out the site in 

 the hill-side to place the building, sufficient stone is taken out 

 for the walling. 



Total Cost. 



.£. s. d. 



"VValling, 34 perch, at Is 1 14 



liaising stones for ditto, at Is 1 14 



AVoodwork, roofing, &c 10 



6 square of thatching, at 12.? 3 15 



iSlating roof, at Gs 090 



8 12 



The wood is found gratis by the estate. It is usual to enclose 

 a suitable yard in front, with drains to carry away the soil to an 

 adjacent pond, or empty at once into a passing water-carrier (at 

 the foot of the yard), to be shed over the meadows below ; but 

 this is an arrangement that can wait its time. This shed will 

 hold from eight to ten head of cattle, according to their size. 



The scale of figures given for the farmstead and linhay (at 

 per acre) will be found to fully cover every requisite erection, 

 and may be applied to farms of any size ; for instance, suppose 

 a tenant with small means, but full of energy, who has a growing 

 industrious family about him, applies for a " small farm :" his 

 case may at once be met by the proposal to expend 21. per 

 acre upon his farm of say 70 acres (three-fourths of which is 

 improvable) ; and then, should his industry lead him to a further 

 application for additional land, up go a corresponding amount of 

 buildings. 



