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cattle of different ages ; and the stables for draught horses, the 
shed for carts and implements, and the joiner's and smith's shops 
placed conveniently for each other. It is no doubt much easier 
to construct an entirely new set of offices upcjn an approved plan 
than to fit in, with due attention to convenience, a part that is new 
with some other which is thought to be worth preser\'ing ; and 
the result of such attempts often is a regret that the old had not 
been given up altogether. It is, however, possible, in many cases, 
where a desire to save some part of the present buildings exists, to 
form the new upon such a plan as may he filled up and completed 
whenever the time comes that the old part shall be considered 
bad enough to be removed. It is necessary that I should refer 
here to certain objects which must claim the attention of every 
one in fixing the site of farm-building, and which I have already 
enumerated elsewhere* — such as being central to the tillage-land, 
accessible by easy roads, commanding a supply of water for the use 
of stock, and for the working of machinery, if possible, &c. &c. ; 
and probably the best service I can render to the Society, in 
endeavouring to comply with a request which has been made to 
me to contribute to its Journal an Article upon farm-buildings, 
will be to furnish it with some plans of offices, of different dimen- 
sions, which may be extended or reduced at pleasure, to suit the 
size of farms and the amount of accommodation required. An 
examination of those plans will show much better than any verbal 
description the objects which I think ought to be combined in the 
construction of farm-offices. No. 1 represents such offices as 
have been recently erected on the estates in this county which are 
the most distinguished by good buildings — viz., those of the 
Greenwich Hospital, Earl Grey, Sir John Swinburne, Mr. 
Baker, U P., Mr. Ord, M.P., Mr. Bigge, Mr. Carr, &c.— 
without professing to be an exact copy of any. Nos. 2 and 3 
represent offices on the Greenwich Hospital estates ; and No. 4 
a very extensive set of offices now being erected on a farm the 
property of the Duke of Roxburgh, situated on the border of that 
county where it joins Northumberland, with which his Grace's 
agent has kindly supplied me. The extent of that farm is 1 170 
acres, and the rent 2600/. per annum. It will seen from these 
plans that the corn is all threshed by machinery, worked by steam, 
water, or horse power — that it is all stacked in a yard adjoining 
the barn — that one barn suffices for the largest farm — that the 
barn and straw-house occupy the centre of the north side of the 
square — that the straw-house (except in No. 3, which is a great 
objection to that plan) is placed at right angles to the barn, and 
* See Artifle on the 'State of Agriculture in Northumberland,' vol. ii., 
part 2, in the Journal. 
