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ing two courses round the bottom of the high roof. Light is 

 obtained by the spaces left for ventilation, and by glass tiles in 

 the roof. The arrangement of the offices are as follows : — 



1. Calves-house. 

 m. Piggeries, 



n. Poultry-house. 



0. Store for pig-ibod, with space 



for boiler. 

 ^). Boxes for sick animals, &c. 



'/. Turnip-house i'or yards. 



q. Carpenter's shop. 



r. Blacksmith's shop. 



s. Harness and tool house. 



tttt. Yards sufficient to accom- 

 modate 32 head of cattle, allow- 

 ing each animal 200 square feet 

 of s})ace. 



a. On tlie plan represents 10-stalled 



stable. 

 h. Hay-house. 



c. Corn-bin connected by spout with 



granary. 



d. Cart and implement shed with 



granary over. 



e. Chaff-house ; chaff-cutter being 



on the floor above. 

 /. Straw-barn. 

 g. Corn-barn. 



h. Fatting-house for 12 beasts. 

 i. Turnip-house, 

 y. Cow-house for 10 cows. 

 1c. Hay-house for ditto. 



A satisfactory mode of cover being obtained, the internal 

 arrangements may be varied according to requirements ; but on 

 a farm where breeding, rearing, and fattening is carried on, we 

 believe the arrangements of this plan will be found suitable for a 

 farm-yard. The first essential is a provision for the maintenance 

 of the health and comfort of the stock ; second, economy of labour 

 in feeding ; third, facility for the removal of the manure ; fourth, 

 economy in the construction. In all these respects this yard 

 will bear examination. 



Notwithstanding all our refinements in cattle-feeding, straw 

 and roots are, and are likely to remain, their staple food. This 

 being so, provision is made for the supply of these articles with 

 the least possible expenditure of labour. With a root-house at 

 one end of the passage, from which the cattle in the four yards 

 are fed, and straw at the other, the labour of feeding is reduced 

 to a minimum. The same arrangement is carried out in the 

 fatting-house. The stable and cow-house, requiring straw in 

 less quantities, are placed further from it, but still conveniently 

 near, while their respective hay-houses are placed close at hand. 

 The corner root-house also supplies roots to the cow-house. The 

 removal of the manure is easily effected. That from the stable 

 and other houses placed around is daily thrown into the yards, 

 to which carts have free access for its final removal. Accom- 

 modation is afforded for sixty head of cattle and ten horses, 

 besides the piggeries and various offices. 



The cost of such a structure will vary Avith the price of labour 

 and material ; but in this neighbourhood, where both are as high 

 as in any part of the kingdom, it could be substantially completed 

 for considerably under 1000/. 



Under 



