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Irish landlords saj they cannot attempt them. An out- 

 lay, ranging from £2000 up to £4000 for the accom- 

 modation requisite for seventy or eighty head of cattle, 

 fourteen horses, and corresponding implements and crop, 

 involves a present outlay, and a constant charge, for 

 which they can get no adequate return. Designs of a 

 cheaper character are much sought for ; and having been 

 frequently applied to for information on this matter, I 

 have, with the assistance of my friend Mr M'Culloch 

 of Auchuess, prepared the annexed Plan, which will be 

 found to afford nearly the same accommodation, for, I 

 believe, about one-third the expenditure of those already 

 referred to. 



The buildings of a farm are required to afford accom- 

 modation for the working stock, the rent-paying stock, 

 feeding conveniences, the threshing of the corn crop, 

 and the collection and manufacture of manure. They 

 should be placed in the most central part of the farm, 

 at which a constant supply of water for the stock can 

 be insured. Advantage should be taken of water-power 

 for machinery, if it can be got. 



A level piece of ground should be chosen for the 

 site of the buildings, in order that no unnecessary 

 expenditure may be requisite in earth-work. And for 

 the West of Ireland, the stables, as in the annexed plan, 

 should form the west side ; the barn, straw-house, &c, 

 the north side of the range ; thus securing the shelter 

 of the highest part of the buildings against the prevail- 

 ing winds. 



The farm-house, with dairy, &c, are supposed to 

 occupy the south front of the plan ; but they are not 



