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to the prefent fnbjed: : and I have in another 

 work, profefledly on the fubic<5l of rural 

 ORNAMENT, fpoken my fentiments freely on 

 ornamental buildinp-s. 



In Rural Economy, ftraight lines and 

 right angles are firft principles, which can 

 feldom be deviated from with propriety ; 

 cither in laying out a farm, or in planning 

 Farm Buildings. 



Here the great objefl is to obtain the de- 

 fired conveniencies at the leaft expencCj pre- 

 fent and future taken jointly, fo long as the 

 given conveniencies may be required. To 

 thefe principles we may venture to add, — the 

 greater number of conveniencies there can be 

 included in one building, the cheaper will 

 thofe conveniencies be obtained. 



There is a certain width, which can fel- 

 dom be exceeded with propriety, in Farm 

 Buildings; but the nearer this width is ap- 

 proached, the greater quantity of conveni- 

 cncy will in general be obtained with a given 

 expenditure. The long-cube form, with the 

 plain fpan roof, can never be difpenfed with, 

 without evident impropriety, in conilrudiu^ 

 Farm Buildings 



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