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Entrance lo the Flower-garden at Wimbledon House. 



j. Reserve-yard and working-ground. I; Reserve-ground for plants in pots. 



I, Coal-shed. m. Tool-shed. n, Potshed. o, Jlan's-ioom, 



p. Seed-room. g, Carpenter's shop r, Barn. s s. Pits for Cape bulbs. 



t. Pelargonium house. u. Enclosed yard. v. Liquid manure tank. 



w. Granary, supported on stone pillars, with caps to prevent the ascent of rats and mice. 



X, Open yard. y, Cattle-shed, with fodder-rack s. Pump and driuking-trough. 



1, Cow-house. 2, Calf-pen. 3, Pigsties. 



4, Open cattle-shed, with fodder-racks. In the back wall there is an opening, with a shut- 

 ter, to allow fowls to pass through from the poultry-yard, so as to pick up what food they 

 can, in the cattle-yard. 



5, Stable for cart-horses. 6, Hay-room, and place for cutting straw into chaCf. 



7, Pigsty, near which there is a privy for the farm servants. 



8, Yard for ducks, enclosed by trelliswork. 



9, Oval pond, paved with brick, into which is thrown the food for the ducks. 



10, Houses for the ducks. 1 1, Poultry yard. 



12, Stone basin, to contain water for the poultry. 



13, Laying-house for common fowls 14, Laying-house for hen turkeys. 



15, General fattening- house. In this house, common fowls, turkeys, and ducks, are all kept 

 loose, and fattened together. It is found that this mode contributes generally to their 

 fattening; because, whenever one bird goes to eat, the others are stimulated to imitiiteit. 



16, Place for fattening quarrelsome fowls, one fowl being fattened in it at a time, 



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