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ing the stable, which, as before stated, has changed positions 

 with the cart shed. It should be noted that there is also external 

 access to all stalls and boxes, and direct internal access to the 

 covered yard for dunging out. 



The construction is somewhat different from the West Biding 

 Scheme, and is similar in principle to the construction designed 

 for the Ministry's Arable Dairy Farm Cowshed at Huck- 

 nall. which it is intended to deal with in a future 

 number of this Journal. It is more simple in design, and in 

 place of roof skylights a continuous range of vertical lights is 

 shown on each side of the roof. No special advantage is claimed 

 for this method of lighting, and in practice it would probably 

 resolve itself into a question of cost balanced against the relative 

 merits of the two systems as regards annual upkeep. 



A Comparison of Costs. — The question of the relative cost 

 of covering in a quadrangular building with a single span roof 

 or of roofing the three ranges with small span roof and leaving 

 the centre space open, is somewhat difficult to determine with- 

 out actual estimates, but the following figures are instructive : — 



The cubical content of the West Eiding building as earned 

 out are approximately 45,800 cubic feet and the roof area is 

 3.160 square feet. If the yard is left open and the surrounding 

 three ranges are covered with a 30 degrees pitch roof, excluding 

 the yard, the cube is only 22,150 cubic feet, but the roof area 

 is 2,520 square feet, a difference of nearly 50 per cent, in the 

 cubic contents, but only 20 per cent, difference in the actual 

 amount of roofing. 



In addition, with the single roof a considerable saving would 

 be effected on rain-water spouting, down pipes and drains, and 

 the three exterior walls enclosing the yard become interior walls 

 under the span roof, and thus there should be less annual 

 maintenance. 



Probably the extra cost of the single span roof with its many 

 advantages and the greater centre space would not exceed 10 per 

 cent, to 15 per cent., and might under favourable circumstances 

 be even less. 



Conclusion. — It is probably too early to form a decided 

 opinion as to the ultimate results of this departure from accepted 

 normal type, but if the building enables the small holder to carry 

 more stock and obtain better results, then there is every reason to 

 elaborate this type of building for larger sized holdings and its 

 future development will largely depend upon the amount of prac- 



