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the new buildings now stand, formerly rose rather abruptly. It 
. has been excavated sufficiently to admit of the hay and straw-lofts 
of the new cowhouses being on a level with the table-land to the 
rear of them. Here the stackyard is placed close to the angle of 
the two ranges of building ; and hay and straw are readily supplied 
to the lofts with a very inconsiderable amount of labour. The 
width of the erection is 25 feet, which gives ample space both in 
front and behind the animals. A tramway for the removal of 
manure runs at their heels. The whole of the manure is carried 
to the lower or south end of the building, and is there tilted into 
• a yard set aside for the purpose. Another line of rails runs in 
front of the cattle for the supply of grains and other food. The 
cribs are of Bath stone, and there is a drinking-cistem for each 
two cows supplied by a pipe from a reservoir on a higher level. 
Figs. 4 and Tj. — Plan and Section of Cattle Sheds at Tunley Farm. 
Fig. 4. — Sectiok. Fig. 5.— Plan. 
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A. Ktched floor— Pennant stones. f. Straw and fodder lofL 
B. Passage. Ventilation. 
C Fodder tramway on a<ipbalt walk. H. Crite, &c. 
D. Open surface gutter over drain. I Drainage adit. 
K. Uanore tramway. W S. Water srnpply pipes. 
The flooring is of Pennant stones, and is also pitched ; and at 
the back of the cows is an open gutter, with occasionally gratings 
communicating with the underground drain. The fodder-loft is 
ingeniouslv arranged, occupying about two-thirds the width of 
the houses. The one side is used for hay, which is placed in 
the cribs by being slipped over the inclined plane, shown in Fig. 
4 ; the other for straw, which is thrown over the opposite side 
