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for  a single  calf  in  each,  which,  however,  does  not  require  any 
minute  description. 
Of  the  Pigsties  and  Poultry -houses  (for  plan,  vide  Plate 
III.,  Nos.  9 and  10). — Swine  and  poultry,  the  minor  description 
of  farm  stock,  are  usually  objects  of  less  attention  by  farmers  than 
their  importance  in  the  economy  of  farming  deserves — being 
generally  considered  as  mere  save-alls  in  the  farmery,  and  as  such 
left  to  pick  up  a subsistence  on  what  grain  and  other  matters, 
which,  were  it  not  by  their  being  kept,  would  be  utterly  wasted. 
Although  it  is  not  intended  in  the  proposed  plan  to  provide  the 
accommodation  of  the  extensive  poultry  establishments  of  the 
wealthy,  or  in  the  present  essay  to  recommend  that  the  tenant 
farmer  should  keep  a greater  number  of  swine  than  requisite  to 
consume  every  article  of  offal  on  the  farm  that  might  otherwise 
be  lost,  to  profitable  account,  or  properly  attended  to  without 
having  to  employ  servants  for  the  express  purpose  ; yet,  on  the 
principle  of  every  gain,  however  small,  being  a substantive  in- 
gredient of  the  aggregate  profit  derived  from  capital,  it  is  neces- 
sary to  have,  in  every  farmery,  such  accommodation,  that  every 
branch  of  the  farmer’s  business,  however  minute  in  profitable 
return,  may  be  carried  on  with  the  greatest  degree  of  economy  : 
so  accommodation  for  keeping  swine  and  poultry,  to  the  extent 
above  mentioned,  should  be  provided  in  every  farmery  having 
pretension  to  completeness. 
The  care  of  the  swine  usually  devolving  on  those  having  care 
of  the  cows,  and  that  of  the  poultry  on  the  dairy-maid,  or  some 
servant  employed  in  the  duties  of  the  household,  and,  moreover,  a 
considerable  portion  of  the  food  of  sows,  young  pigs,  and  fattening 
hogs,  being  derived  from  the  dairy,  the  position  of  the  accom- 
modation referred  to  will  be  properly  in  the  neighbourhood  of 
both  the  cow-house  and  dwelling-house. 
In  the  proposed  plan  the  accommodation  for  keeping  swine  and 
poultry  consists  of  a range  of  buildings  leaning  to  the  north  wall 
of  the  cow-house,  34  feet  4 inches  in  length,  including  all  walls, 
and  6 feet  9 inches  in  breadth,  including  the  thickness  of  the  front 
wall,  which  should  be  7 feet  high,  with  the  roof  sloping  to  1 foot 
below  the  eave  of  the  cow-house.  A portion  of  the  range  (9),  7 
feet  long  by  6 feet  wide,  may  be  appropriated  as  a roost  for 
geese  or  ducks ; and  the  remainder  may  have  two  stories,  the 
lower  of  which,  4 feet  high,  and  divided  into  five  compartments, 
may  be  used  as  sties  for  sows  and  fattening  hogs  ; and  the  upper 
for  poultry  that  roost  or  perch.  In  front  of  the  lower  story  there 
should  be  a small  court,  5 feet  wide,  enclosed  by  either  walls  or 
paling;  and  the  upper  story  should  be  furnished  with  a light  in 
the  roof,  and  with  as  large  a door  at  the  east  end  as  the  height  of 
