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in a style of expense rarely met with. In discourse whf? 

 tlie men at work in this li,:rn, tliey iiiformed us, that to 

 one man who ufrpitc/ic^ ihcwiig^on at harvest, seven others 

 ■were necessary on tlie ^2^ to receive and dispose of the 

 corn, alter it was raised to some heigiit ; a great expense 

 at a time of the year when lahour is the n^ost valuable. 

 The farmers are, however, very geiicraljy advocates not 

 only for barns, but for great bains. Another inconveni- 

 ence is their not daring to triuiJ^ excej)t lightly, in large 

 barns : and tlie men complained that tlie corn threshed 

 the worse for want of more treading. 140 acres were in 

 this barn of Mr. Savary's. Floor, eleven yards; barn, 

 nine wide. 



In all Mr. Coke's new barns, and other offices, he 

 has substituted milled lead for ridge tiles tothe roofs, which 

 is far more lasting, and the means of escaping the com- 

 mon accidents, in raising a heavy ladder on tiling, in order 

 to replace a ridge- tile blown off. 



For all locks, particularly m stables and other offices, 

 Mr. Coke has found those with c( ppcr wards mue!) 

 more durable than any others. 



The front edge of his own mangers are rollers covcretj 

 with tin ; the mangers themselves are plated with iron.;- 

 and the bottoms of the stall fences are of slate. All thfse 

 ci^rcumstances are found very economical in duration. 



In building the wails around a new farm-yaid for Mr, 

 Coke, Mr. Overman, after a certain height, draws 

 them rn to a brick's length at the top, a saving in these 

 ere6tions which merits notice. 



Alr.CoKE^s jMcihod of making up and applying L'tme-vjask 

 as a PrestiViUive and Covering to Boarding, JValh, i^c. 



Irv a tab of six or eight gallons, put of water a quanriry. 

 •' ■ sufficienf 



