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may be put, the lower part of which will furnish 

 space for a cart-shed, which ought to be large enough 

 to hold two carts for every plough. The size of 

 the stables, cow-houses, and feeding-sheds, must de- 

 pend on the manner in which the farm is occupied ; in 

 particular, as to the feeding-sheds, whether it is most 

 advantageous to rear young cattle for the grazier, or to 

 fatten older stock for the butcher ; but it is a rule that 

 ought never to be departed from, not to scrimp them in 

 point of space, but to give the stock ample accommoda- 

 tion. 



3. It is highly expedient that the farmer should see 

 from a window in that room where he usually sits, what 

 is going forward in the farm-yard, the very idea of 

 which keeps the servants in awe, and may often prevent 

 negligence and depredations. 



4. The house should be situated a little out of the 

 line of the square, but in general should form one of the 

 sides, unless where the house is erected as an ornament 

 to the neighbourhood. The three sides of the offices 

 should be separated from each other by gates, which 

 woirtd not only be an accommodation to the yard, but 

 would be useful in case of fire, by which infinite damage 

 might be done to a farmer, without such a precaution. 

 Such a separation also greatly obstructs the increase of 

 vermin *. 



5. It is of great importance to have either a paved 

 street, or a good road, all round the farm-yard and dung- 

 pit. Farmers suffer more by having their carts and cat- 

 tle struggling in farm-yards through piles of straw and 



* In exposed situations, and cold climates, these gates may 

 be objected to, even though the gable-e: da of the back-wing 

 are on a line with the back of the others. 



