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per houses for lodging and protecting these ani- 

 mals. 



Farm-steads ought to be proportioned to the 

 extent, and suited to the nature of the farms, on 

 which they are built. The farmer of 100 acres 

 of land may be supposed to carry on the same 

 plan of husbandry with the fanner of 400 or 

 500 acres: the difference, therefore, ought to be 

 in the extent, not in the kind of his accommo- 

 dations. The former has occasion for the same 

 houses and conveniences, as the latter, bat only 

 smaller, in proportion to the smaller size of his 

 farm. Neither is it to be expected that he should 

 have, a dwelling house equally spacious and ele- 

 gant with the other. The nature of the farm 

 ought likewise to be attended to in this matter. 

 A farm entirely under tillage, and one chiefly 

 suited to grazing, will require different kinds of 

 accommodation. 



In short, farmers will, in general, be able to 

 point out what may be necessary to accommo- 

 date them, though seldom to tell in what man- 

 'ner utility and neatness are to be united in the 

 execution. When farmsteads are to be built or 

 thoroughly repaired, it might be adviseable that a 

 proper person be employed to plan before build- 

 ing, and the plan deliberately examined and 

 considered by both landlord and tenant ; in 

 which case, no material defect could escape the 

 observation of both. The expence should, in 

 the first instance, be laid out by the proprietor, 

 as no part of the tenant's stock should be di- 

 verted from its proper purpose, the improve*- 

 ment of his farm. Neither ought the landlord 

 to consider this as lost money. There is no 



