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There can be little doubt that reform is nee ded in the planning 

 and detail of new buildings, and perhaps more particularly in 

 the reconditioning and adaptation of existing ones. Moreover, 

 the present economic situation is such that any new building 

 or adaptation work dictated by the necessity for improved returns 

 must be carried out with the strictest attention to capital outlay, 

 as well as to the cost of annual maintenance. It is therefore of 

 real importance in the interests of practical farming that full 

 publicity should be given to any new idea or variations fr< m 

 the normal, in order to separate the wheat from the chaff and to 

 arrive at any definite facts which will assist both farmers and 

 architects to solve the building problems of the future. 



This article deals with two other valiants from the main nor- 

 mal types of 30- to 50-acre holding buildings referred to in the 

 previous article and has a twofold object : (a) to compare the 

 West Biding Single Span Scheme with buildings now illustrated, 

 and (b) to suggest that the types discussed here may be a valu- 

 able guide in certain kinds of adaptation work. 



Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate buildings on a 20-acre mix d 

 holding, erected by the North Riding County Council, and show 

 all the various departments of the faim grouped under a single 

 roof. 



The main difference from the West Riding type is (1) that 

 no real covered stock-yard is included under the roof, only a 

 cattle shed of very small dimensions, which, however, might 

 presumably abut upon an open yard if desired; (2) that the 

 centre of the upper part of the building is constructed as a loft 

 giving ample floor space for the storage of hay, grain, cake, etc., 

 and with access provided from the mixing floor below. In 

 appearance the building is very similar to a south country straw 

 barn, and it is this construction which suggests that the latter 

 might in many cases be converted to a complete range of build- 

 ings at comparatively small cost and with profitable results. 



The root store and mixing floor is placed centrally on the north 

 side with exceptionally easy internal access to all parts of the 

 building, and tor direct and simple labour-saving planning the 

 scheme in this respect is difficult to improve. The cow byre is 

 placed centrally to the south with a feeding passage between it 

 and i he mixing Moor, and with direct external access. There is 

 also direct external access to both stable and loose box. 



In comparison with the West Riding Scheme it must be noted 

 that the acreage of the latter holding is considerably greater, 

 and that the type of construction is fundamentally unlike. The 



