indeed greatly enhance the value of the farm, and wil) 

 insure to the landlord, should he have occasion to seek 

 for a new tenant, abundance of competitors from among 

 the most intelligent husbandmen in the neighbourhood, 

 for that situation. 



Where convenience and utilitj are the objects princi- 

 pally attended to, it is recommended by an intelligent 

 agriculturist in Roxburghshire, who has had great ex- 

 perience in the erecting of such buildings, (Mr Walker 

 of Wooden,) to have the farm-house of three stories, the 

 kitchen-storey half sunk. This makes the house itself 

 drier, and saves the expence of roofing ; an engraving of 

 that plan is herewith given. He adds, that he has made 

 plans of farm-houses, both of that construction, and with 

 only two stories, having the kitchen and dairy behind i 

 but he knows that the house of three stories gives most 

 satisfaction to the occupier. Others object to this plan, 

 and prefer a wing and back jamb. In the half-sunk kit- 

 chen storey, besides the danger of dampness, it is impos- 

 sible to shut out the din of the kitchen, where, in the 

 evenings, the unmarried lads must necessarily be along 

 with the women. It is besides, more troublesome to the 

 farmer's wife to be continually going up and down stairs. 

 Hence a wing or back jamb is preferred by many farmers. 



In regard to the expence of erecting new farmsteads, 

 it cannot be properly estimated, as the price of build- 

 ing, and the expence of the materials, vary in every dis- 

 trict. In some publications it is stated at from two and 

 a half to three years rent of the farm. It is evident, at 

 the same time, that the landlord can afford a higher al- 

 lowance, where he receives a considerable rent. 



Regarding farm-houses and offices, the following 

 axioms may be laid down, as principles which ought to 

 be kept in view, when such buildings are to be erected. 



i. The house and offices should be on a scale propor- 

 tionate to the size and produce of the farm, having uti- 



