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Farm Buildings for Small-Holdings. [May, 



of farmyard manure, in the provision of covered yards, hay and 

 straw barns, and in the use of utility boxes which can be adapted 

 to varying needs. 



Any variation from the normal, whether in buildings for large 

 farms or small holdings, should therefore be of special interest 

 at the present time to practical agriculturists, and to those con- 

 cerned in the equipment of farms or small holdings. 



The object of this article and illustrations is to draw attention 

 to what in effect amounts to a departure from the normal in 

 small holding equipment, and as the main feature, a single span 

 roof covering the whole area of the buildings is much in accord 

 with modern American practice on large farms, it is hoped that 

 criticisms and suggestions will be forthcoming and that prac- 

 tical farmers will express their views on the general principle 

 involved. 



In small holding equipment for mixed farming of from 40 to 

 50 acres there may be said to be two principal types of plan in 

 common use : — 



(1) A range of low roofed buildings grouped round three 

 sides of an open space which, by the addition of a fence on 

 the fourth side, becomes the central stock or fold yard. When 

 funds are available this stock yard is covered in by a " space 

 boarded " or corrugated iron roof, which is a separate struc- 

 ture and quite distinct from the roofs over the main buildings. 



(2) Two low-roofed ranges of buildings meeting in a right 

 angle, the open stock yard being formed by the addition of 

 an open or closed fence on the two remaining sides. 



The actual arrangement of the various parts of the buildings 

 differs slightly according to local custom and climatic conditions, 

 but, broadly speaking, these two types are prevalent all over 

 England and have been the basis of most of the larger holding 

 plans submitted to the Ministry by the County Councils during 

 the past three years under the Land Settlement Act. 



The most notable exception to this practice is to be found in 

 some plans submitted by the West Biding County Council in the 

 early part of 1920. The main feature of this design lay in the 

 fact that while more or less following the normal type (1) referred 

 to above, the whole area was intended to be covered in with a 

 single pitched roof which converted the open space in the centre 

 of the quadrangle into a covered stock yard. A model of this 

 plan was submitted by the County Council, the scheme was 

 approved, and seven of these single roof buildings have been 

 erected on the Whixley estate. 



