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On  the  Construction  of  Farm-Buildings. 
the  wall  will  admit  of.  The  floors  of  the  goose  or  duck  house, 
and  the  pigsty  with  its  court  in  front,  should  be  flagged ; and  the 
pigsty  furnished  with  a drain  to  convey  all  wetness  to  a liquid 
manure  tank. 
Of  the  Bull  Boxes  (for  plan,  vide  Plate  I IT.,  No.  11). — 
Adjoining  the  fodder-house  (1),  and  under  the  same  roof  with  it, 
are  three  boxes  for  bulls  which  are  each  marked  in  the  plan 
with  11.  The  boxes  in  question  maybe  constructed  in  every 
respect  in  the  manner  already  described,  in  treating  of  the  boxes 
referred  to  in  Plate  I.,  and  the  only  difference  to  notice  between 
them  is  in  their  dimensions,  which  in  the  present  instance  is  re- 
commended to  be  12  feet  by  9 feet  in  the  clear,  instead  of  9 feet 
square  as  specified  for  those  for  fattening  cattle. 
Of  the  Dung-pit  (for  plan,  vide  Plate  III.,  No.  12). — As  a 
receptacle  of  dung  from  the  cow-house,  calf-house,  and  pigsties,  a 
pit  lined  with  brick  24  feet  long,  8 feet  wide,  and  5 feet  deep, 
may  be  formed  at  the  east  end  of  the  cow-house  in  the  position 
marked  12  on  the  plan,  and  which  may  be  covered  with  a stout 
wooden  lid  supported  by  transoms. 
Of  the  Liquid  Manure  Tank  (for  plan,  vide  Plate  III., 
No.  13). — The  position  of  the  receptacle  for  liquid  manure  is 
under  the  shed  (2),  and  its  dimensions  and  construction  may  be 
in  every  respect  similar  to  that  previously  described  in  treating 
of  the  accommodations  proposed  in  the  plan  on  Plate  I. 
Yard  (for  plan,  vide  Plate  III.,  No.  14). — The  space  be- 
tween the  cow-house,  and  the  bull-boxes  and  fodder-house,  is 
proposed  to  be  25  feet  wide,  and  the  space  between  the  buildings 
comprised  in  the  plan  now  referred  to,  and  such  portion  of  the 
buildings  comprised  in  the  plan  in  Plate  I.,  that  may  be  required 
for  the  system  of  husbandry  practised  on  the  farm,  should  be  30 
feet  wide,  and  both  may  be  laid  with  freestone  rubble,  covered 
with  hard  stone,  broken  small,  as  directed  for  the  yard  proposed 
in  Plate  I.,  No.  16. 
The  whole  of  the  roofs  of  the  buildings  proposed  in  the  plan 
referred  to  are  recommended  to  be  covered  with  blue  slate, 
finished  with  stone  ridging,  and  the  eaves  to  be  furnished  with 
cast-iron  spouts  and  wall  pipes  to  carry  off  the  rain-water  falling 
on  the  roofs. 
