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buildings for the occupation of 200 

 or 300 acres of laud, of which two 

 thirds are arable, fit for corn, barley, 

 clover, and wheat. There should be 

 two distinct farm-yards with proper 

 sheds, and in each there sliould be a 

 cistern for the urine from the stables 

 and the drainings from the dung. 



" These two examples of farm 

 buildings will be sufficient to give 

 some idea of what may be proper for 

 farms of an intermediate size. A 

 principal thing to be attended to is to 

 have plenty of room for cattle ; and 

 where old barns remain much larger 

 than is required, according to the 

 present mode of stacking corn in the 

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yard, they can be very advantageous- 

 ly converted into cow-stalls or ox-sta- 

 bles. 



" WTiere many sheep are kept, it is 

 of great advantage to have a sheep- 

 yard, with low sheds all round, at the 

 time when the ewes lamb, especially 

 when the season is wet and chilly, 

 which hurts them more than a dry 

 frost. The second yard, B, is well 

 adapted for that purpose, and an ad- 

 ditional temporary shed against the 

 partition which divides it into two 

 will convert either division into an 

 excellent sheep-yard. 



" In valuing a farm, the habitation 

 is seldom taken into the account, but 



