26 THE EQUIPMENT OF THE FARM. 



A Harness-room is best for hanging harness in; it 

 should he furnished with a table, and brushes for keeping 

 the harness clean. 



Coiv-house Fittings. Willacey's plan of fitting up houses 

 for milch-cows and cattle generally, may be instanced as 

 an example. A tramway runs up between two rows of stall?, 

 along which a feeding truck is wheeled ; the cows being 

 fed right and left as it moves along. There may also be 

 a tramway behind for wheeling out the manure, but a 

 wheelbarrow is more convenient for wheeling the manure 

 on to the dung-hill, so as to mix it with the manure from 

 the stable, &c. Fattening stock are best housed in boxes, 

 and so are young stock. Or where there are covered 

 homesteads, the yards may be divided to accommodate the 

 latter with troughs and cribs. 



Pure Water for all kinds of stock has to be provided. 

 When taken from brooks and rivers it may be filtered. 

 Spring water is preferable. Pumps may be at the home- 

 stead, but the well should be at a sufficient distance to- 

 pi-event pollution ; and from the well, pipes underground 

 may lead to the pumps in the different departments. 

 When the water has to be raised by force-pumps or rams,, 

 cisterns at the homestead will be required, and from these 

 pipes may lead to the departments. Large tanks may be 

 made of galvanized iron, but where slate is at hand a 

 series of small tanks may be conjoined by pipes. All tanks, 

 pumps, and pipes should be protected from frost in their 

 construction. 



Piggery Fittings. A pigstye requires to be furnished 

 for breeding, fattening and store stock somewhat differ- 

 ently. But in each case there should be two separate 

 apartments a dining-room open, bed-room roofed and 



