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a taste  for  the  breeding  of  cattle  at  the  same  time  that  his  attention 
is  directed  to  preparing  them  for  the  shambles,  or  perhaps  a 
portion  of  the  farm  may  be  well  adapted  for  the  dairy;  in  either 
of  which  cases  the  accommodation  proposed  may  be  insufficient 
for  either  purpose,  whilst  it  may  be  unnecessarily  extensive  in 
other  respects  where  a farm  of  the  size  to  which  it  is  intended  to 
be  applied  may  not  be  wholly  in  tillage.  In  order  then  to  render 
the  present  Essay  the  more  comprehensive  in  its  application,  a 
plan  is  about  to  be  treated  of,  the  arrangement  of  the  buildings 
in  which  has  already  been  referred  to  in  a former  page.  The 
plan  about  to  require  attention  may  be  adopted  to  any  extent 
commensurate  with  the  quantity  of  land  that  may  be  in  the  mode 
of  cultivation  to  which  the  buildings  about  to  be  treated  of  are 
adapted,  in  conjunction  with  so  much  of  the  former  described 
plan  as  may  be  required  for  the  proportion  of  land  in  tillage. 
The  intention  of  the  arrangement  of  the  plan  in  Plate  III.  if 
for  a dairy  will  be  easily  understood.  The  whole  of  the  offices 
required  in  that  branch  of  rural  economy  are  placed  together,  in 
order  to  economise  the  labour  of  the  business  to  the  greatest 
extent;  and  the  dairy  itself,  the  business  of  which  being  usually 
under  the  superintendence  of  the  farmer’s  wife,  is  designed  to 
adjoin,  and  have  communication  with  the  dwelling-house.  The 
accommodation  is  also  perhaps  as  complete,  and  the  arrangement 
as  convenient  with  a view  to  the  breeding  of  cattle,  as  it  is  for  the 
purposes  of  the  dairy. 
Without  further  introduction  to  the  subject,  the  dimensions 
and  construction  of  the  buildings  comprised  in  the  plan  in  Plate 
III.  w'ill  now  be  treated  of. 
Of  the  Fodder-house  (for  plan,  vide  Plate  III.,  No.  1). — 
The  apartment  marked  1 on  the  plan  is  intended  for  a fodder- 
house,  and  occupies  a space  including  walls  of  17  feet  long  by 
14  feet  wide.  The  walls  are  intended  to  be  1^  brick  thick,  or 
of  20  inches  if  built  of  stone,  except  the  wall  separating  it  from 
the  bull-boxes  (11),  which  need  not  exceed  1 brick  in  thickness, 
and  their  height  is  designed  to  be  7 feet,  having  apertures  for 
doors  3 feet  6 inches  wide  in  the  south  and  west  walls,  com- 
municating with  the  calf-house  (8)  and  with  the  shed  (2),  and  an 
opening  in  the  east  wall,  8 feet  wide,  for  a sliding-door.  The 
floor  may  be  of  freestone  chips  or  rubble  covered  with  any  hard 
stone  broken  small.  As  the  roof  covers  adjoining  apartments  as 
well,  it  will  be  noticed  at  a future  opportunity. 
Of  the  Boiler-shed  (for  plan,  vide  Plate  III.,  No.  2). — 
Adjoining  the  office  last  described,  and  communicating  with  it,  is 
a shed  25  feet  long  (the  width  of  the  open  yard,  14),  and  10  feet 
wide,  communicating  at  the  south-west  corner  with  the  south 
feeding  passage  of  the  cow-house  (3)  by  an  aperture,  for  a door. 
