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CHAPTER XI 



FARM BUILDINGS 



1 By not paying attention to the size of the farm 

 many people have failed, some making the farm 

 buildings smaller, others larger than the size of the 

 farm required, and either mistake is bad economy, 

 and bad for the produce of the farm. For the larger 

 the buildings, the more they cost to build and the 

 more to maintain, and when they are too small for 

 the needs of the farm, the produce, as a rule, is 



2 spoilt. For instance, it is clear that where there are 

 vineyards, the wine-store must be made large, but 

 where the land grows corn, large barns are required. 

 The farmhouse should be built preferably where it 

 may have water, either within its own enclosure, 

 or, failing that, as near as possible; there should be 

 first a natural spring, and secondly one that never 

 runs dry. Where there is no running water at all, 

 cisterns should be made indoors, and in the open 

 air a pond, the former to be used by people, the 

 latter by cattle. 



CHAPTER XII 



THE SITE OF THE FARM HOUSE 



I You must be careful to place the farmhouse at 

 the base of a well-wooded mountain — the best situa- 

 tion — where there are wide pastures, and see that it 



