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cr, and It is more fecured from vermin. 

 Every barn ihould be fo contrived as to 

 have a rick-iladdle at each end, and a 

 hole in each gable to pitch the corn into 

 it. Upon fmall farms, the barn need 

 not confiil of more than a thraihing- 

 fioor in the middle, and an equal fpace 

 at each end, juil to receive the quantity 

 contained in a fmall rick. 



When bricks can be burnt upon an 

 eftate, upon the terms I have before men- 

 tioned, nothing is to be preferred to them 

 for barn, and ftable-walls ; but where 

 they come dear, and timber is tolerably 

 cheap, feather-edged boards, between 

 the cills and wall-plates, are next to be 

 chofen, and if tarred are very durable. 

 As for ftud-work, with brick-work be- 

 tween, or daubing, it is fo much fubjett 

 to accident, that it feldom lafls long. 



All Vvork, whether old or nev/, Hiould 



be 



