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and whey available as food. Piggeries will be dealt with 

 later, they find a place here owing to their intimate con- 

 nection with economical dairy farming, and also in order to 

 note that their position in the plan of buildings should not 

 be too close to the byres, and under all circumstances away 

 from the dairy proper. 



Such stabling as the dairy requires must be under a 

 separate roof, though near to the food stores, and its 

 structure and arrangement should as far as possible be that 

 previously described for industrial stables. 



It is impossible to fix on any special type of plan for the 

 buildings we have described, as so much depends upon the 

 requirements and the size of operations, and further on the 

 buildings already available, which economy dictates must 

 be utilized. 



The next form of homestead is that of a mixed farm, and 

 here the question of providing accommodation for fattening 

 cattle arises. Such remarks as we may make under this 

 head are equally applicable to a farm devoted to pasture : 

 as previously indicated, it would be without our province to 

 deal with the general arrangement of all buildings con- 

 nected with different systems of husbandry, as this is purely 

 an agricultural question. 



Housing of Fattening Stock. 



The housing of fattening stock is essential during winter 

 if full advantage is to be obtained from the food, and in 

 various parts of the country different conditions are prac- 

 tised with this object. Some shut their fattening cattle up 

 as they do their milch cows, others place them in stalls or 

 boxes, some in open yards with shelter sheds, others in 

 covered yards, and others combine the system of box and 

 yard, such as are frequently found in the North of England, 

 and known as ' Hammels.' 



But the housing adopted will also depend upon the stage 

 of fattening as well as the time of year. Animals which 

 can be very well dealt with in an open yard with shelter 



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