On  the  Construction  of  Farm-Buildings.  249 
and  which,  after  the  surface  soil  being  removed,  should  be  laid 
with  freestone-rubble  covered  with  hard  stone,  in  the  same 
manner  as  recommended  for  the  passages  between  the  ranges  of 
buildings  comprising  the  cattle-feeding  department. 
The  whole  of  the  buildings  should  be  furnished  with  spouts  at 
the  eaves  to  receive  all  the  rain-water  that  may  fall  on  the  roofs, 
to  be  conveyed  by  means  of  wall-pipes,  placed  conveniently,  to 
underground  drains.  The  spouts  and  wall-pipes  may  be  of  cast- 
iron,  the  former  6 inches  wide  by  4 inches  deep,  in  lengths  about 
6 feet  each,  joined  by  sockets  and  supported  by  iron  bearings 
driven  into  wooden  plugs  built  into  the  wall  for  the  purpose;  the 
latter  should  be  about  2 inches  bore  and  furnished  with  cistern- 
heads. 
Estimate  of  the  Cost  of  erecting  the  Buildings  comprised  in  the  Plan,  Plate  I., 
according  to  the  Specification  contained  in  the  foregoing  sections  of  the 
present  Essay. 
When  the  Walls  are  of 
Brick. 
When  the  Walls  are  of 
Stone. 
The  removal  of  the  surface-soil  from 
the  site  of  the  farmery  should  not  be 
charged  in  the  estimate,  inasmuch  as  the 
soil  is  very  valuable  for  forming  compost. 
Barn,  Straw-Barn,  and  Granary,  to  be 
erected  on  sites  marked  1 and  2 on 
Plan : — 
Digging  foundations,  say  40  cubic  yards, 
£.  S.  d . 
£.  s.  d. 
£.  s.  d. 
£.  s.  d. 
at  2d.  per  cubic  yard 
Walls  reduced  to  1^  brick,  or  20  inches 
thick  of  stone,  the  apertures  6 feet  and 
upwards  wide  deducted,  550  super- 
ficial yards  at  4s.  per  yard  for  brick, 
0 6 8 
0 6 8 
or  3s.  per  yard  for  stone  .... 
Stone  heads  and  cills  for  apertures,  1530 
110  0 0 
* * 
82  10  0 
feet  superficial  at  8 d.  per  foot 
Floor  of  barn,  say  60  square  yards  when 
the  walls  are  of  brick,  or  53  square 
yards  when  of  stone,  at  3s.  per  square 
6 7 6 
6 7 6 
yard 
Floor  of  straw-barn,  including  stone  cills 
9 0 0 
* * 
7 19  0 
at  the  openings 
Upper  floor  of  barn  and  floor  of  granary, 
157  square  yards  when  the  walls  are 
of  brick,  or  146  square  yards  when 
the  walls  are  of  stone,  at  6s.  6 d.  per 
1 10  0 
1 10  0 
square  yard 
Pan-pieces  for  openings,  lintels  for  doors 
510  6 
* * 
47  9 0 
and  wiudows,  and  wall  plates 
15  0 0 
• • 
15  0 0 
Carried  forward  . 
193  4 8 
161  2 2 
