14? CONSTRUCTION OF A FARM-HOUSE AND OFFICES. 



the farm produce. The manure from the farm-yard so si- 

 tuated, will all be conveyed down-hill to the fields, in the 

 cheapest and most expeditious manner.* 



SECT. II. The best Construction of a Farm- House and 

 Offices. 



THIS is a most material point for the consideration both 

 of the farmer and of the landlord, and the rent to be paid, 

 ought certainly in some measure to depend, on the goodness 

 of the accommodations with which the occupier is provided.f 

 With convenient offices, it is evident, that the grain produ- 

 ced on the farm, can be better preserved, and more advan- 

 tageously separated from the straw, and prepared for mark- 

 et. The live-stock also on the farm, can be more easily 

 and regularly fed ; and being thus kept in better order, 

 must consequently be fitter for their work, or for the mark- 

 et. The propriety and advantage likewise of having suit- 

 able accommodations for the farmer, his family and his ser- 

 vants, need not be dwelt upon. The expence of erecting 

 such buildings must be considerable when first laid out, but 

 no liberal landlord, who has the sum requisite at his com- 



* Remark by an intelligent correspondent. It may also be observed, 

 that when the house is built on an elevated situation, the farmer will have 

 it in his power to see what is going on all around him. 



f Even minutt<e may be of great consequence to a tenant ; for instance, 

 in the erection of barns, more especially if the walls are rough, it is of 

 importance to have a projecting stone or brick at every aperture for thB 



