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enclosure is provided. The buildings all have iron roofs and neatly 

 dressed bush-i)ine walls. The stable is slabbed, and the horses are 

 separately stalled, the feeding arrangements being situated at the head 

 of the stalls and near the chaff house. The roof is, however, somewhat 

 low. 



The general effect of neatness is greatly enhanced by the attention 

 that has been paid to the true alignment of the various buildings. 

 Horses and live stock are not allowed to wander over the paddock 

 which constitutes the farm-yard; consequently it was well grassed and 



Mr. Giles' Cool Cellar.— Double-roofed, Brick, Efficiently- 

 Ventilated. 



quite free from the objectionable loose dust which forms such a charac- 

 teristic feature about the average Mallee homestead. A number of 

 " native olives " or " cabbage bushes," dotted here and there, provide a 

 grateful shade. The fowl-yard and pig?tye are located beneath some of 

 these. The fencing is substantial, neat, and well-stayed. It is not, how- 

 ever, yet sheep-proof. The gates about the farmstead are good. 



The residences of Messrs. Hunt and Giles are each worthy of men- 

 tion as well-kept home-like places; each has a netted garden. Mr. 

 Giles' homestead is noteworthy for a most up-to-date cool cellar — a 



