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should advise the horse machinery because the pulp must be 

 made daily, and it would not answer to get up steam for such 

 work. An old horse should be told off for this work, and with 

 carting the roots, getting fodder, and working in the gear, the 

 time will be pretty well occupied. 



The particular arrangement of the buildings will depend 

 upon circumstances, which it is impossible to define, except we 

 have the case before us. The feeding-house should join the 

 root-house on one side. Supposing we tie up our cattle, which 

 is the cheapest way of housing them ; the house should be 18ft. 

 wide, walls about 7ft. 6in. or 8ft. from floor ; feeding passage,, 

 communicating with root-house, 3ft. 6in. ; manger, 2ft. ; length 

 of beast space from back line of manger, 6ft. ; width of gutter^ 

 12in. ; passage way behind beasts, 5ft. 6in. ; stalls for two 

 animals, 7ft. in the clear ; one or more doors, according to 

 the length of the house, opening into the fold yard, for the 

 removal of manure. For growing stock, in the absence of 

 covered buildings, open yards with wide shelter sheds are 

 desirable; the sheds not less than 15ft. inside measurement, 

 and provided with a brick manger, so that the cattle can be 

 fed under cover, and, if necessary, tied up at night or at 

 feeding time. These yards should not be too large; ten or 

 twelve beasts are sufficient for a yard. A yard 40ft. square, 

 with a shed 40ft. by 15ft., would secure ample accommodation 

 for ten or twelve two-year-olds. It can easily be arranged that 

 the shelter sheds should form one side of the yard, easily 

 reached from the root-house. Two of such yards, at least, 

 will be required. And the cowhouse, if dairying is pursued, 

 may be placed on the opposite side of the root-house, and form 

 part of a second yard. Supposing that we adopt the system 

 of box-feeding, which has much to recommend it, the main 

 objection being the heavy outlay according to accommodation 

 provided, the most economical arrangement is a double row of 

 boxes, each box 9ft. square, with a feeding passage in the 

 centre 4ft. ; thus requiring a building 22ft. wide in the clear. 



The animals should be separated by posts and rails, which 

 may be made to remove. This will prove convenient when the 

 manure is taken out. If practicable, water should be laid on. 

 Animals eating a full suj)ply of sliced roots will not drink ; but 



