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shades for the implements of husbandry, straw- 

 yard for feeding cattle, milk-house, hog-house, 

 &c. all built of stone and lime, covered with 

 slate or tyle, conveniently arranged, and of suf- 

 ficient dimensions for the size of the farm. Of 

 these, several h ive been projected an 1 executed 

 by the landlords, upon certain conditions speci- 

 fied in their agreement with the tenants ; some 

 by small proprietors, who farm their own 

 grounds ; -and some, by the tenants themselves, 

 and that without the promise or prospect of any 

 allowance or adequate compensation. This last 

 case, however, occurs only where the leases are 

 of long endurance. 



But though we meet with a considerable 

 number of farm-steads of this description, there 

 are still many which continue in the barbarous 

 state first described, and these upon the grounds 

 of proprietors from whom better things might 

 have been expected. 



Between those, which may be styled the best, 

 and the worst, there are a great number of farm-, 

 steads, which, though tolerably decent and com- 

 modious, are still, through the inattention or ill 

 judged parsimony of the landlord, or the indo- 

 lence and negligence of the tenant, destitute of 

 much of that convenience and accommodation, 

 which every fanner ought to have, and which, 

 indeed is necessary to the prosperity of his farm. 

 Some, for instance, are badly constructed and 

 arranged, or on too small a scale for the farm. 

 Some have no granaries or lofts for holding 

 threshed grain. Some have either no shades, 

 or shades not sufficiently large for the farming 

 utensils ; so that we often see their carts and 



