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On  the  Construction  of  Farm- Buildings. 
PLATE  V. 
is  the  elevation  of  the  buildings  of  the  plan  contained  in  Plate 
IV.,  together  with  a natural  section  of  the  ground  on  which  they 
have  been  erected. 
The  farmery  in  question  comprises  two  plots  of  buildings, 
separated  by  a space  30  feet  wide  : one  presents  a frontage  of 
99^  feet  along  a township  road,  and  extends  backwards  75a  feet ; 
the  other  has  a front  to  the  road  of  35  feet,  and  extends  52  feet 
backwards.  The  walls  of  the  buildings  are  all  of  brick  from  the 
surface  of  the  ground ; the  roofs  are  hipped,  covered  with  blue 
slate,  and  ridged  with  stone  ; and  the  whole  furnished  with  eave 
spouts  and  wall  pipes  of  cast  iron,  by  which  the  rain  water  falling 
on  the  buildings  is  conducted  to  drains,  and  carried  off  the  pre- 
mises. The  whole  establishment,  without  any  extra  expense  for 
attendance,  presents  the  cleanliness  and  orderly  appearance  of  a 
barrack  yard  — not  anything  to  be  met  with  that  can  in  any 
degree  whatever  offend  the  senses  of  the  most  delicate  person  ; 
affording  a striking  contrast  to  the  fdth  and  disorder  usually  pre- 
vailing in  homesteads.  A never-failing  abundance  of  excellent 
water  is  supplied,  by  its  own  pressure,  to  every  part  of  the  pre- 
mises in  which  it  may  be  required,  by  the  drainage  of  higher 
adjacent  ground  being  intercepted  by  an  underground  reservoir 
at  a proper  level  for  the  purpose.  The  internal  fittings  of  the 
buildings,  of  the  most  appropriate  description,  and  complete  in 
every  respect,  were  entirely  contrived  by  Mr.  Laycock  himself ; 
and  in  the  specifications  which  will  be  recommended  in  a future 
section  of  the  present  essay,  the  ideas  as  to  fittings  are  to  be 
understood  as  derived  from  having  seen  those  at  the  farmery  at 
Lintz  Hall. 
After  several  months’  trial,  the  farmery  in  question  is  found  to 
answer  every  intended  purpose  so  completely,  that,  in  the  cattle- 
feeding department,  the  food  of  1G  bullocks,  consisting  of  chaff 
softened  by  steam  mixed  with  linseed  jelly,  and  raw  turnips 
sliced,  in  alternate  feeds,  five  or  six  times  a day,  is  wholly  pre- 
pared and  served  to  the  animals  by  a boy  under  15  years  of  age, 
at  wages  of  5s.  per  week,  and  who  moreover  thoroughly  dresses 
every  beast  with  curry-comb  and  brush  at  least  once  a day. 
With  such  ease  is  the  work  just  described  performed,  that  it  is 
the  opinion  of  every  one  having  witnessed  the  lad’s  procedure, 
that  he  is  quite  capable  of  bestowing  the  same  attention  on  24 
beasts. 
Of  the  Materials  proper  for  the  Erection  of  Farm- Buildings. — 
The  walls  of  farm-buildings  are  usually  formed  either  of  brick 
or  of  stone;  and  in  situations  where  neither  of  these  materials 
can  be  obtained  without  considerable  expense  of  carriage,  walls 
may  be  formed  of  earth  in  the  manner  called  by  the  French  pise, 
