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PART IV. AGRICULTURE. £49 



machine, which is an acquisition of considerable importance to 

 arable farms*. Wheat, which is commonly kept in the barns 

 in England, would be much safer if preserved in stacks or ricks, 

 as in the northern parts of it, and in East Lothian and Berwick- 

 shire, where farming is at greater perfection than in any other 

 county. 



2. Pasture farms.— The buildings are few in sheep farms, and 

 not numerous when the object of the farmer is rearing cattle or 

 horses. They should be placed in the most convenient situa- 

 tion as to roads and water. 



3. Mixed kinds ; that is, pasture and aration together, or al- 

 ternately, such as where the convertible or Berwickshire husban- 

 dry is followed, require the same consideration as arable farms. 



4. Family farms, or such as are made for the convenience of 

 a residence, are almost always of a mixed kind. The lawn near 

 the mansion affords pasture for rearing sheep, the park for rear- 

 ing other cattle and horses, and sometimes for fattening them ; 

 at least it may always be partitioned off by hurdles for this pur- 

 pose. Small old grass parks or paddocks, which, according to 



* For the best plan of a farmery for arable grounds, see the Farmer's Magazine, 

 •which is conducted by one of the best wheat cultivators in the United Kingdom, 

 Robert Brown, Esq. of Markle. 



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