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racks at right angles to the passage R, from which iney 

 are filled with hay thrown down from above ; e, sheep, 

 yard ; F, piggery ; /, pig-yard ; G, room for boiling 

 roots ; I, poultry-house ; P, passage from manure yard, 

 o, to back part of farm. K, K, calf-house ; L, work-shop ; 

 M, house for ploughs, harrows, horse-rakes, rollers, etc. ; 

 N, wagon-shed. H, house for keeping store wood during 

 seasoning, wood seasoned two or three years being much 

 better than for a shorter period ; and a rough boarded 

 out-building, being also cheaper than a well finished, 

 painted one in contact with the house. The manure yard 

 o, should be about two feet below the surrounding build- 

 ings, to which the cleanings of the stables are to be taken 

 daily in a large boxed wheelbarrow, and straw and marsh 

 muck supplied as needed. The yard should be well sup- 

 plied with water as convenience may dictate. Ventilators, 

 made of square board tubes, should be placed over the 

 stables and run up through the roof. 



This plan may be changed, without altering the general 

 arrangement, so as to contain more or less grain, more or 

 less hay, stable room, etc., according to circumstances. 

 The hollow square affords shelter to the yard from wind, 

 an important consideration for our climate. The extent 

 and expense of the buildings, are not greater than are 

 often seen, when convenience of arrangement is entirely 

 set aside ; and the labor of preparing food, and feeding 

 animals, double what it should be. The wings, sheds, 

 poultry-yard, garden, etc., may be reversed, according to 

 aspect and exposure to winds. 



PISE, UNBURNT BRICK HOUSES. 



IN very many sections of the West, particularly where 

 good lumber is obtained with difficulty, houses might be 

 built with advantage after the following plan. The fol- 



