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for littering the animals. Glass windows are arranged in the 
roof — high up on the one side for giving light to suppl}" the cribs, 
lower on the other for littering and cleaning out the animals. The 
urine from these stalls is carried away by means of drains shown 
in the section (Fig. 4). It runs into a small well at the end of 
the buildings, to which the drainage of the whole of the rest of the 
premises is brought. From this point it is all conveyed by mcjans 
of a 9-inch pipe to a large tank of sufficient capacity to contain 
400 hogsheads, which is situated on the brow of the hill in the 
adjoining cow-pasture, marked B on the plan of the farm (Fig. 2), 
and 150 yards' distance from the confluence of the drainage. 
The conformation of the ground here admits of its being used I 
for irrigating some four or five acres of grass land, the overflow t 
being capable of diversion in three different directions. Its effects 
are very marked and advantageous. The land on the lower side 
of the tank has been cut away, and a roadway formed of sufficient . 
depth to admit of a 3-hogshead water-barrel being filled in the 
course of a few minutes by means of a hose, with a screw-tap. 
The liquid manure from this tank is used for roots, which are 
sown with the liquid-manure drill ; and at other times, when 
there is a superabundant supply, it is carted out in the barrel, 
and distributed generally on the pasture land not otherwise 
amenable to its influence. 
The water-supply was originally derived from wells whicli, 
in times of drought, were very deficient. It is now procured 
from a never-failing spring of good water, some half-mile dis- 
tant from the house on the western side of the farm, and 200 
feet below the elevation of the buildings. An hydraulic ram, 
capable of lifting 4000 gallons per day, forces a supply into the 
reservoir marked E on the plan (Fig. 2). This reservoir lies at 
the back of, and above, the homestead, and the premises are sup- 
plied from it in the most convenient manner, taps being arranged 
at the points where it may be required. A tap also intercepts 
a supply of water for the threshing-engine when at work in the 
stackyard, while other pipes continue from the premises to the 
new portion of the occupation on the lower side of the turnpike- 
road. 
The artificial pool into which the spring is conducted for 
forming a head of water for working the ram, is inclosed by a 
strongly-built wall, cemented, and sunk into the clay, to render 
it water-tight. Its dimensions are 40 yards in length, 10 yards 
in width, and 4^ feet in depth ; the object of so large a dam 
being to insure an unfailing supply of water. A sheep-wash 
adjoins. It is 5 yards long by 3 yards wide, and is supplied 
by the overflow from the dam, which, after running througli it, 
is conducted by means of a 9-inch pipe into the meadow below, 
