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means of the trap-door in the centre passage of the granary: which passage must at all times be kept 



. . _ . clear from grain. In the straw- 



house, a trap- door is placed 

 over the straw-rack ; and, when 

 the lower part of the house is 

 packed Full, this trap-door can 

 be shut, and the straw carried 

 along the upper floor to the 

 straw-chambers over the stable 

 and feeding-byre. These apart- 

 ments will contain the straw of 

 two ricks, which will enable 

 the farmer to keep different 

 kinds of straw under cover, 

 and in separate divisions. A 

 door is placed opposite the 

 passage which extends along 

 the centre of the straw-yard for 

 taking out straw for the cattle- 

 sheds, cow-byres, &c , if at any 

 time required ; but in general 

 these are supplied from the 

 low straw-house. The thresh- 

 ing-machine is one of six horse- 

 power, and is impelled by 

 horses ; but where water can be 

 had. it is a great improvement, 

 as the men may be employed 

 threshing, while the horses are 

 resting : this is advantageous 

 in a still greater degree at cer- 

 tain times, when the field ope- 

 rations exhaust all the horse 

 power. 



8248. The circular byre (g), 

 which will contain ten head ol 

 cattle, is by far the most com- 

 modious and convenient ar- 

 rangement ; and, for a farm 

 double this extent, the same 

 form may be introduced, with 

 equal advantage, by carrying 

 the stalls wholly round the 

 circle where the sheds are. 

 The figure of the stalls, being 

 broad behind, gives more space 

 for the cattle when lying down; 

 and, as a greater quantity ot 

 litter is requisite, more manure, 

 of course, will be made: at the 

 same time it admits from be- 

 hind a more abundant supply 

 of fresh air, and has also the 

 advantage of one large venti- 

 lator in the centre of the circle 



a, Boiling-house. ft. Potato-house, 



c Cow-bjre. rf, Calf-byre. 



i?, Saddle-horse stable, and double stall en- 

 ~---d for a mare and foal. 



f , Common farm stable, with hay and 

 straw-chamber above. 



g, Feeding-byre, with straw-chambers 

 above. 



h, Racks for hay or straw. 



i, Tumip-sheds : straw-chamliers over. 



k, Straw-house with upper floor. 



/, Threshing-machinery. 



m, Clean corn-room, unthreshed com 



above, 

 n, Horse-shed for threshing-machines, 

 o, Pump for liquid manure tank. 

 p, Catlle shed\. 



q. Privy. r, Straw-yards. 



s, Cart-sheds, with granary above, carried 

 over the carriage entrance to the farm- 

 ery, and communicating with the clean 

 corn-room. 



t, Boothy for men servants, with beds 

 in the upper floor extending over the 

 poultry-hou-je. 



u, Poultry-house. 

 . V -r.eries. 



tl-, Wafer-house. 



x, Tank for liquid manure. 



t/, Turnip-boxes. 



s, (iratings over the drains leading to the 

 liquid manure tank, to prevent the straw 

 from the yard from choking up the 

 drains. 



serving the whole. The ten head of cattle are put up in double stalls in pairs ; they are bound up. one 

 on each side of the partition, which is made high enough to prevent the horned cattle from touching one 

 another ; at the same time keeping the heads of e"ach pair at such a distance apart, as to prevent them 

 from injuring each other, or eating each other's turnips. The bends, or cow-ties, are fixed to upright 

 iron rods about three quarters of an inch in diameter, which are screwed together through the partition. 

 The lower part of the windows in the back wall of the bvre are filled with luiTer- boarding, which can be 



opened to any degree for admitting air, or shut altogether at pleasure. The feeding-ports, or openings 

 which surround the feeding-chambers, have small doors hung with pulleys, lines, and weights, similar to 

 those of a common window, which, bv moving upwards, do not interfere with, or occupy, any part of the 

 chamber. The wall at the heads of the cattle surrounding the feeding-chamber is buill to the full height 

 of the joists ; which keeps the turnip barrow out of the vie« ol the tattle, and does not disturb the one 



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