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extended  into  the  stackyard  to  the  desired  length  : if  thrashing  by 
horse-power  were  preferred  to  thrashing  by  steam,  the  horse-walk 
would  occupy  the  space  now  appropriated  to  boiler  and  engine- 
house.  On  entering  the  yard  the  same  facility  for  re-arrangement 
will  be  found.  Beyond  the  stable  a considerable  building  is  pro- 
vided for  tying  up  sheep.  This  would  not  be  generally  required, 
and  if  it  were  dispensed  with,  and  the  yard  for  young  stock 
enlarged,  by  moving  the  partition  - wall  somewhat  nearer  the 
stable,  provision  would  be  made  for  the  accommodation  of  the 
additional  store-cattle  which  might  be  kept  by  those  who  did  not 
consume  their  turnips  with  sheep. 
If  the  occupier  preferred  a stable  of  the  ordinary  kind  in  lieu 
of  boxes,  no  further  change  would  be  required  than  to  place  the 
stable  lengthwise  instead  of  across  the  yard,  so  that  one  end  would 
abut  upon  the  yard  for  young  stock,  and  have  a door  opening  into 
it,  for  the  litter  to  be  carried  out  in  the  ordinary  way.  Again, 
if  the  buildings  were  intended  for  a farm  of  large  size  the 
accommodation  for  feeding  cattle  might  be  readily  increased  by 
extending  the  double  range  of  boxes  right  and  left,  at  the  end  of 
the  present  row,  and  an  additional  turnip-house  about  the  centre 
of  the  new  range  would  make  that  a convenient  arrangement ; 
perhaps  even  a turnip-house  so  placed  would  be  a useful  addition 
to  the  present  plan,  as  the  turnips  would  be  in  a good  position 
both  for  the  fat  and  store  stock,  and  the  space  now  occupied  by 
the  root-house  might  be  advantageously  disposed  of  as  a depot  for 
straw  on  the  ground- floor,  which  few  farmers  would  like  to  be 
without.  If  it  were  #iought  desirable  not  to  change  the  place  of 
the  root-store,  the  straw-house  might  still  be  provided  by  giving 
up  the  first  two  boxes  for  that  purpose.  Some  difference  of  opinion 
yet  exists  as  to  the  comparative  advantages  of  feeding  cattle  in 
stalls  or  boxes  ; if  the  former  be  preferred,  and  the  ground  now 
occupied  by  boxes  were  fitted  up  with  stalls,  nearly  three  times  as 
many  cattle  could  be  accommodated — the  manure  would  then  be 
daily  carried  in  a truck  on  the  tramway,  or  wheeled  along  an  ordi- 
nary causeway,  either  to  be  at  once  made  into  compost  by  admixture 
with  soil,  ashes,  &c.  (a  practice  which  cannot  be  too  highly  com- 
mended), or  to  be  thrown  out  by  a side  door  into  the  adjoining 
yard.  Should  a plan  be  required  for  a mixed  arable  and  dairy- 
farm,  the  present  cattle-boxes  would  make  an  admirable  cow- 
house with  stalls  for  fifty  cows;  and  as  dairy-farms  are  usually 
small,  the  second  yard,  now  chiefly  devoted  to  cows  and  pigs, 
might  probably  be  dispensed  with  altogether,  with  the  exception 
of  the  dairy  and  pigsties,  which  would  form  proper  appendages 
to  the  yard  of  the  farm-house,  the  site  of  which  is  indicated  in  the 
plan. 
A sample  has  now  been  given  of  the  almost  unlimited  capability 
