t4 BUILDINGS, tU 



IX. Waggon -SHEDS. Thefe in general are 

 commodious. I met with a cart-shed on an 

 admirable plan. The width equal to the cart 

 and fliafts ; open in front ; with a bank of earth 

 on the back part, about eighteen inches high, 

 and of fuch a width as juft to take the wheels 

 before the tail of the cart reach the back of 

 the flicd : the cart is backed in, the horfe taken 

 out, and the cart fuffered to tilt : the bank 

 receives the tail, while the Ihafts rife under the 

 eaves of the front — dry, — and out of the way of 

 cattle : the horfe is put in with equal facility : 

 the back band, which remains faft at both ends, 

 is entered into the groove of the laddie, and th^ 

 Ihafts pulled down. 



X. RicK-YARDS in general are fmall, owing 

 to the capacioufnefs of the barns. It is pretty 

 common, and very convenient, to have a rick 

 frame at one or both ends of the barn, with 

 a pitching-hole, in at which the corn is houfed, 

 •without the afiiitance of team-labour. Some- 

 times thefe ftacking-places at the ends of bams 

 are inclofed, without having a frame for the 

 ftack ; which being houfed immediately after 

 the firft clearing of the barn, the inclofure af- 

 terwards 



