WORKS ON AGRICULTURE, ETC. 



In One Volume, Large Octavo, uniform with the 'Bool: of the Farm,' 1 <tc., 

 price 1, 11s. 6d. 



THE BOOK OF FARM-BUILDINGS: 



THEIR ARRANGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION. 



By HENRY STEPHENS, F.R.S.E. 



Author of the ' Book of tlie Farm ; 



ROBERT SCOTT BURN. 



Illustrated with 1045 Plates and Engravings. 



THE object of this Work is to indicate, in the most distinct manner, that arrange- 

 ment of the Apartments in Farm- Steadings best adapted for each of the methods 

 of Farming practised in the kingdom. It may surprise those unacquainted with 

 Agriculture to learn that there are various modes of Farming. There are not 

 fewer than Five distinct systems of Farming pursued in this country. In view, 

 then, of this variety in modes of practice, it will be obvious that no single arrange- 

 ment, however apparently complete and well conceived, can meet the requirements 

 of all circumstances of practice, or be calculated to secure the strictest economy of 

 labour. As the manufactures of wool, cotton, silk, or flax require arrangements of 

 premises suited to the peculiarities of the material to be operated upon, so, in like 

 manner, do the peculiarities of " dairy," " pastoral," or of " mixed " husbandry, 

 demand arrangements calculated to aid their practice. A very slight consideration 

 indeed of this subject will suffice to show that the accommodation required on a 

 farm solely devoted to the rearing of live-stock, should not be the same as that 

 required for one which is cultivated entirely for the raising of corn. 



But although the arrangement of the Apartments of Steadings should vary in 

 accordance with the kind of Farming, yet every arrangement suited to the various 

 modes of Farming may Be founded upon such a general principle as shall insure 

 the greatest convenience and economy in the use of each arrangement. 



The Authors are quite aware of the difficult task they have undertaken in order 

 to attain the important object they have thus enunciated ; but, nevertheless, they 

 flatter themselves that the object has been attained in this Work, and that for the 

 first time by any writer who has hitherto attempted to illustrate Farm-Buildings. 



CONTENTS. 



1. PLANS OF STEADINGS BASED UPON FIXED 

 PRINCIPLES. 



Cattle Pastoral Farming Sheep Pastoral 

 Farming Cattle Pastoral Farming, with Arable 

 Culture Sheep Pastoral Farming, with Arable 

 Culture Carse or Clay-land Farming Dairy 

 Farming (large) Dairy Farming (small) Sub- 

 urbial Farming, with Arable Culture Suburb- 

 ial Dairy Farming Common Farming Mixed 

 Husbandry Plans of Roofs of Steadings. 



2. PLANS OF EXISTINO STEADINGS. 



3. PLANS OF FARMHOUSES. 



4. PLANS OF FARM-COTTAGES. 



5. MATERIALS EMPLOYED IN CONSTRUCTION. 



6. SPECIFICATIONS OF BUILDINGS. 



7. PRACTICAL CONSTRUCTION. 



8. MISCELLANEOUS APPLIANCES : 



Tools of the Joiner Tools of the Mason 



Tools of the Smith. 



9. DETACHED ERECTIONS. 



10. FOREIGN FARM-BUILDINGS. 



11. ESTIMATES AND CALCULATIONS OF ARTI- 

 FICERS' WORK OF VARIOUS KINDS. 



