780 = 514 
The Agricultural Labourer. 
substantial, more commodious, and more fitted in every way fi 
modern ideas. ' 
That aggregation of dwellings which we call a village h 
thus, under these circumstances, a tendency (so far as tl 
agricultural labourer is concerned) to give way to the clust 
of cottages placed in some suitable position for the needs of ti 
farm. In central and southern England, where the holdin. 
are of a moderate size, cottages are more frequently erected 
pairs than otherwise ; but in the north, where the farms a 
very extensive, long rows of cottages are the concomitant of eai 
isolated farm. 
Prize cottages. I attach an elevation and plans of a pair of cottages whi», 
were designed by Mr. James Martin of Wainfleet (Figs. 1, 2, 3l 
and which gained a prize of the Royal Agricultural Socie 
at Manchester in 1869, for general utility of design combim 
with economy. This will give an idea of the kind of acco 
modation which is now considered almost indispensable in 
cottages of the labouring poor. 
Fig. 1. — Front Elevation. 
