CHAP. I. 



PLANS OF FARM STEADINGS. 



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ings. Care should, of course, be taken to secure a site which will give 

 a good fall or declivity to the various drains. Sites near marshy lands, 

 and indeed near rivers, should be avoided, as dampness is bad at any 

 time for the stock. The aspect of the building is also of great import- 



STRAW YARB 



STRAW YARD 



D 



Fig. 193. Ground Plan of Mr. Timms's Steading. 



A is the threshing barn, with straw and hay barn and granary adjoining. B, a straw 

 yard, c, open stalls for stock. D, cart house and nag stables. E, straw yard, with paved 

 causeway round it. F, the food cooking house, with steam boiler and steaming apparatus. 

 G, a range of buildings divided into stalls for bullocks, with a gangway at the head for 

 feeding the animals. H, calf pen. i, a building containing the chaff machine, bean mill, 

 oat crusher, A c. , worked from the horse gear at K. L, hammels and small yard for sick and 

 other stock. M, hammels for two bulls. N, liquid-manure tank and pump, o, labourers' 

 closet. P, stack yard. K, road. 



ance, as influencing the health of the animals occupying it. The 

 south-east is the best, as this gives a greater amount of sun-light 

 during most days in the year. The beneficial influence of light upon 

 animals has only within the last few years been recognised and acted 

 upon not, however, so extensively as could be wished. 



A few plans of farm-steadings may, at this stage, be usefully intro- 



