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 Referetice to Plan, 



1. 1. Iron boilers holding 100 gallons each. Two boilers are greatly to be preferred 

 to one, as a man can tend two fires at the same time. The top of the brickwork is 

 covered with one-inch boards, the boiler-lids are made in two pieces for the conve- 

 nience of taking off, and they fit close into the covering of boards. 



2. Flue. 



3. The brick floor of this compartment is raised about 9 inches, and the part (i) in 

 front of the furnace is lowered about 9 inches. The floor at the back of the boiler 

 being raised gives great convenience for stirring and mixing the compound, and in 

 removing it from the boilers. The common situation of a copper at the side or in tlie 

 corner of a building will not admit of this arrangement, for the man employed in 

 stirring would be obliged to be elevated on a stool immediately in front of the furnace, 

 which is not a very agreeable position, or one in which the man is likely to perform 

 his work as it ought to be done. Some portion of this place may be fitted with tubs or 

 cisterns for the reception of the compound. 



4. Place in front of furnace for tending the fire and keeping a supply of fuel. 



5. Steps. 



6. Pump. The water is pumped directly into either copper ; it also supplies water 

 to the cattle and pigs. 



7. Piggery. 



8. Bullock-shed. 



Sectiotit 



a. Boilers. " h, h, Furnaces. c, Flue. 



d, Dampers for regulating the fire and putting It out when required. The dampers 

 are of great service, as without them there is some danger of the mixture boiling 

 over when the linseed is added to the water ; they also efl'ect a saving in the fuel. 



e, Pump. 



The building is lighted b}' glass tiles in the roof, and the steam passes 

 out by a lever boarded window, and through interstices formed by 

 lapping the ridge -tiles over one another. 



The grain and linseed require to be crushed, and the straw or hay 

 to be cut into chaff before it is prepared. Hurwood's, of Ipswdch. is 



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