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Farm Buildings for Small holdings. 



[June, 



provision of the loft immediately above the greater part of the 

 area devoted to stock contrasts with the open roof of the West 

 Riding Scheme, and it is the effect of these different treatments 

 which it is essential to know. If the results are satisfactory it 

 is not too much to say that a valuable contribution has been 

 made both to the planning of new buildings and the adaptation 

 of old ones. Here again what is now needed is some record of 

 the actual working results. If it is found in practice that the 

 health of the stock does not suffer from over concentration in 

 the effort to obtain a labour-saving plan, it is obvious that- 

 further development on these lines might well be found to be 

 suitable to larger buildings for an increased acreage. 



It is sometimes difficult to know how to make the best use of 

 eld timber-framed straw barns, which are often in an excellent 

 state of structural repair, or possess the probability of a long 

 and useful life if adequately repaired or re-roofed. In general 

 dimensions and appearance many are very similar to the North 

 Riding Scheme and could be easily and economically sub-divided 

 upon the lines indicated. 



Figs. 3 and 4 show the equipment of a 30-acre holding on the 

 Stockton Grange Estate of the Durham County Council and 

 show a very simple arrangement as far as plan is concerned, 

 but a very different method of roof construction. 



In convenience of ground plan there is little to choose between 

 the two schemes, the transposition of the stable and loose box 

 being comparatively unimportant and probably governed by the 

 nature of the site and approaches. The chief difference in plan 

 is the position of the granary, here placed solely over the cart 

 shed by raising the roof at this point (see Fig. 4). 



The roof has been constructed in the form of two parallel 

 small single spans with a long gutter between carried over the 

 central dividing wall, the granary as already stated being roofed 

 at a higher level over the cart shed. It can, the writer thinks, 

 be shown that a single span roof of modern construction could 

 be built more economically in initial outlay than by the method 

 selected and without the expenditure in annual upkeep of the 

 long gutter between roofs, always a source of trouble and ex- 

 pense, and particularly so in the neighbourhood of stack-yards. 

 It may be that a single span roof was discarded on the score of 

 exposed situation or because it was considered undesirable to 

 put any floor over the heads of the live stock. If the latter is 

 the true explanation it is again a point which can only be deter- 

 mined by careful observation and continued practice, and the 

 architect must be guided by the practical farmer. 



