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AMERICAN AGRICULTURE. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



FARM BUILDINGS. 



GREAT neglect is manifest in this country, in the erection 

 of suitable farm buildings. The deficiency extends not only 

 to their number, which is often inadequate to the wants of 

 the farm, but more frequently to their location, arrangement 

 and manner of construction. The annual losses which oc- 

 cur in consequence of this neglect would, in a few years, 

 furnish every farm in the Union with barns and out-houses 

 fully adequate to the necessary* demands for both. I will 

 give briefly in detail, the leading considerations which should 

 govern the farmer in their construction. 



THE FARM HOUSE. 



If this is required for the occupation of the owner, it may 



FIG. 84. 



be of any form and srze his means and taste dictate. If for 

 a tenant, and to be employed solely with a reference to its 

 value to the farm, it should be neat, comfortable and of con- 



