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to the dunghill as cookery is to food. The young gardener, ai 

 well as the young farmer, may learn from this the vast importance 

 of fermentation, in preparing the food both for plants and animals. 



27, Furnace and boiler, for boiling dogs' meat, heating pitch, &c. 

 placed in this distant and concealed spot, to prevent risk from firo 

 when pitch or tar is boiled ; and, when meat is boiled for dogs, to 

 prevent the smell from reaching the garden. The reason why it is 

 found necessary to have a boiler for tar is, that, most of the farm- 

 buildings and garden-offices being of wood, it is found conducive to 

 their preservation occasionally to coat them with tar heated to its 

 boiling point. 



28, Open slied for lumber. 



29, Dog-kennel ; ;;djoining wiiich is a privy fur the under gardeners. 



30, llay-barn. 31, Lean-to for straw. 



32 32, Places for hiaded hay-carts to uiiluad, or to remain iu when 

 loaded during the i:iglit, in order to be ready to cart to town or to 

 market early in tiie morning. 



33, House for lumber, wood, &c. 34, Duck-house. 



35 3.5, Houses for geese and turkeys. 



36, Open shed for carts and farm implements. 



37, Pond surrounded by rockwork and quince trees. 



38, House for a spring-cart. 39, Coal-house for Mr. Pratt. 



40 40, Places for young chickens. 41, Yard to chicken-houses. 



42, Hatching-house for hens, containing bo.xes, each 1 ft. square within, 

 with an opening in front 7 in. wide and 7 in. liigli, the top being 

 arched, so that the sides of the opening are only 5 in. high. 



43, Lobby to Mr. Pratt's house. 44, His kitchen. 



45, Living-room. 



46, Oven opening to 47. 



47, Brewhouse, bakeliouse, and scullery, containing a copper for brew- 

 ing, another for the dairy utensils, and a third for washing, besides 

 the oven already mentioned. 



48, Dairy. The milk dishes are of white earthenware ; zinc having 

 been tried, but having been found not to throw up the cream so 

 speedily and effectively iis had been promised. One zinc dish, with 

 handles, is used for clotted cream, which is regularly made diuring 



