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On  the  Construction  of  Farm-Buildings. 
Estimate  of  the  Cost  of  erecting  the  Buildings,  &c. — continued. 
When  the  Walls  are  of 
When  the  Walls  are  of 
Brick. 
Stone. 
£. 
s. 
d.  I 
£. 
s. 
d . 1 
£. 
S. 
d. 
£. 
s. 
d. 
Brought  forward  . 
• • 
1117 
11 
4 
• • 
1033 
0 
10 
The  passages  between  the  ranges  of 
Buildings  comprising  the  feeding  de- 
partment to  be  evenly  paved ; 212 
yards  at  Is.  6 d.  per  yard  .... 
. . 
15 
18 
0 
. . 
15 
18 
0 
The  Liquid  Manure  Tank,  the  position 
of  which  is  15  on  the  Plan  : — 
Sinking  a well,  12  feet  in  diameter  and 
20  feet  deep,  at  2s.  per  foot  in  depth  . 
Forming  tank  of  brick  laid  in  cement. 
2 
0 
0 
* ' 
2 
0 
0 
10  feet  inside  diameter,  and  the  back 
puddled  with  clay 
24 
0 
0 
• * 
24 
0 
0 
Stone  cases  for  man-hole  and  pump-hole 
0 
17 
6 
• • 
o 
17 
6 
Cast  iron  covers  for  holes  .... 
0 
7 
6 
27 
5 
0 
0 
7 
6 
27 
5 
0 
60  feet  of  earthenware  socket  drain-tube, 
for  conveying  urine  from  stable  and 
covv-bouse  to  tank,  at  4 d.  per  foot  . 
1 
0 
0 
, , 
1 
0 
0 
Laying  same 
0 
2 
6 
l 
2 
6 
0 
2 
6 
1 
o 
g 
Levelling  and  laying  yard  with  broken 
stone,  400  square  yards,  at  3 d.  per 
square  yard 
• • 
5 
0 
0 
• • 
5 
0 
0 
Total 
• • 
1166 
16 
10 
• • 
1082 
6 
4 
The  foregoing  estimate  referable  to  a farmery  designed  in 
Plates  I.  and  II.,  amounting  to  1166/.  16s.  lOt/.,  when  the  walls 
are  of  brick,*  and  to  1082/.  6s.  4 d.  when  built  of  stone,  is  intended 
to  include  the  cost  of  materials  and  workmanship  but  not  that  of 
carriage;  and  although  the  charge  of  some  of  the  items  may 
appear  to  be  very  low,  yet  the  writer  has  seen  work  executed  by 
contract  in  every  way  suitable  to  the  purpose  of  a farmery  at  less 
cost  than  the  rates  on  which  the  foregoing  estimate  is  based;  and 
where  the  materials  can  be  obtained  at  a moderate  price,  he  is 
convinced  that  contractors  may  be  found  to  build  a set  of  farm 
buildings  on  the  plan,  and  to  the  same  extent,  as  that  proposed 
within  the  amount  named. 
The  buildings  to  which  the  estimate  and  foregoing  remarks 
apply,  it  will  be  perceived,  are  such  as  would  be  required  on  a 
tillage  farm,  and  in  which  accommodation  is  principally  provided 
with  a view  to  winter  fattening  of  cattle  on  an  extensive  scale  : 
but  it  very  frequently  occurs  that  the  extensive  tillage  farmer  has 
* Since  this  estimate  was  made  the  duty  on  bricks  has  been  repealed,  by  which  the 
cost  of  brick  buildings  will  be  so  reduced  as  not  to  exceed  that  of  stone  buildings. 
