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sun's heat and light. They enjoy the sun equally in the morning, and 

 also throughout the whole day ; and it is always wisdom to have the 

 buildings named in such a position as will admit, as much as possible, 

 of the stock receiving the benefit of the sun's rays from sunrise to 

 sunset. 



It is a saving of time to have the stable and cart-shed close together, 

 as the implements are always at hand in the morning for the horses. 



It is often suggested that none of the buildings should be open to the 

 north, in order as much as possible to keep the cold from entering the 

 buildings. The suggestion is good, but it cannot always be acted upon. 

 I have stated that the north side should be occupied by high buildings ; 

 this could be done by having the cart and implement sheds on that side, 

 with a range of granaries, wool-lofts, or cake and other food storing or 

 preparing lofts, above the cart-shed. The implement-sheds are all the 

 better of being placed in that position, as it is advisable to keep them 

 from the sun's rays as much as possible. When carts and other imple- 

 ments are left lying exposed to the rays of the sun, the woodwork 

 shrinks and splits, and therefore this is to be avoided. 



All buildings made to contain animals should be open to the roof 

 that is, there should be no second floor above them. It is a very 

 common practice to have hay and straw lofts over stables and cowhouses, 

 but it is very injudicious to do so. From a want of ventilation, it gives 

 rise to many diseases in the stock so housed. 



Pigsties should be placed convenient for the kitchen of the house, 

 in order to facilitate the feeding of them. 



The poultry-house should be placed so that it will receive the first 

 morning's sun, and should be in close proximity to the stackyard, to 

 allow the poultry to pick up all loose grains in it. 



Drains should be made throughout the buildings containing stock, to 

 conduct the liquid manure from them to a tank built outside the range 

 of buildings. A pump should be fitted above the tank to draw the 

 liquid manure from it into a water-tight cart or barrel, to be thence 

 conveyed to the fields. 



The turnip-shed and other food-stores should be placed in such a 

 position as will admit of the stock being regularly fed in the shortest 

 space of time, and at the least possible expense. 



All the buildings should be spouted, and the rain-water conducted to 

 cisterns or tanks for the use of the stock. 



Where it is necessary to have workshops in connection with the farm 

 such as the blacksmith's and carpenter's these should be placed 

 separate from the other buildings, in order to have as little risk from 

 fire as possible. 



