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vent-holes of this kind are in fome degree 

 neceflary to every barn-floor. Even upon the 

 Wolds, a corn country, the ufc of large doors 

 is declining : fome good barns have lately 

 been built with common-fized doors ; one at 

 each end of the floor : opening however in 

 tvv'o parts, one above the other ; fo that the 

 lower half can be fnut to keep out pigs and 

 poultry, while the upper one is opened to let 

 in lio-ht and air. 



This is a fortunate circumflance for the 

 owners of landed cftates : folding-dcors large 

 enough to admit a load of corn are expenfivc 

 in the iirft inftance, and frequently require 

 repairs ; befides the thrafliing-floor, be it of 

 what material it may, being liable to great 

 injury in the aft of drawing loaded waggons 

 upon it. 



Indeed, throughout, the YoRKSHUiE Barn Is 

 characterized by economy. In Norfolk, barns 

 of one hundred and fifty to two hundred 

 pounds coft are not unfrcquently built: here 

 a very convenient one, and fuch a one as 

 will fatisfy a good tcpant, may be built for 

 forty or fifiy pounds. ''^Vhat a laving is this 

 ypon a large cflatc ! 



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