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mate that they offer a sheltering lee, and have their 

 principal openings, specially of windows, to the south. 

 Protection against summer heats, if needed for stalled 

 animals, it is easy to supply ; but an equivalent for 

 the warmth of the winter's sun, I know no name for. 



Another condition of all judicious arrangement, 

 which is even more important, is such disposition of 

 the yards and cellars, as shall prevent all waste of ma- 

 nurial resources of whatever kind, whether by undue 

 exposure, or by leakage. And in this connection, I 

 may mention that it is a question seriously mooted, 

 and worthy of full investigation if the fertilizing 

 material of a farm will not warrant special shelter as 

 fully as the crops. All experience certainly confirms 

 the fact that such as is taken from under cover, pro- 

 vided only the moisture is sufficient, is worth the 

 double of that which has been exposed to storms. 

 What chemical laws relating to agriculture confinn 

 this fact, I may have occasion to speak of in another 

 chapter ; at present I note only the results of practical 

 observation, without reference to underlying causes. 



The books would have recommended me to con- 

 struct an extensive tank, to which drains should con- 

 duct all the wash from the courts and stables. But 

 this would involve water carts, and other appliances, 

 liable to injury under rough handling ; besides de- 

 manding a nicety of tillage, and a regularity of dis- 



