264  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. 
£. 
5. 
d. 
£. 
s. 
d. 
£. 
s. 
d. 
Brought  forward  . . . 
9 
14 
0 
130 
9 
6 
7 
6 
0 
406 
1 
6 
Stone  heads  for  openings  into  pigsties  . 
0 
12 
6 
0 
12 
6 
Floors  of  flags,  35  square  yards,  at  2s.  . 
3 
10 
0 
3 
10 
0 
Drain  and  grates 
1 
4 
0 
1 
4 
0 
Floor  of  poultry-house  above  pig-sties. 
15 J square  yards,  at  4s 
3 
2 
0 
3 
2 
0 
Perches  for  poultry-house  .... 
0 
4 
0 
0 
4 
0 
Lean-to  roof,  including  slating,  27  square 
yards,  at  7s.  6r/ 
10 
2 
6 
10 
2 
6 
14  feet  of  water  tabling 
0 
7 
0 
0 
7 
0 
Cast-iron  spouts,  including  bearers  . 
1 
14 
6 
1 
14 
6 
2 doors  and  frames  for  poultry-houses, 
at  17s.  6il.  each 
1 
15 
0 
1 
15 
0 
3 lights  in  cast-iron  swing  frames  . 
1 
10 
0 
1 
10 
0 
5 wickets  and  pairs  of  posts  for  pigsties 
3 
2 
6 
3 
2 
6 
36 
18 
0 
34 
10 
o 
Dung-pit  to  be  formed  in  the  position 
marked  No.  12  on  the  Plan  : — 
Excavating  54  cubic  yards,  at  3 d.  per 
yard 
0 
13 
6 
• • 
0 
13 
6 
Lining  with  brick  1 brick  thick  . . 
7 
0 
0 
• • 
7 
0 
0 
Cover  formed  of  battens,  supported  by  4 
transoms,  6 inches  square  . . 
7 
2 
6 
• • 
7 
2 
6 
14 
16 
0 
_ 
14 
16 
0 
Liquid  Manure  Tank,  No.13  on  the  Plan, 
being  of  the  same  size  and  construe- 
tion  as  that  in  Plan  in  Plate  I.,  may 
be  estimated  at  the  same  cost,  viz.  : — 
27 
5 
0 
• • 
27 
5 
0 
Yard  No.  14  on  the  Plan, — estimate  for 
levelling  and  laying  the  same  with 
broken  stone — 112  square  yards,  at 
3d.  per  square  yard 
1 
8 
0 
• • 
1 
8 
0 
And  also  150  square  yards  of  yard  be- 
tween  dairy  and  tillage  offices  at  the 
same  price 
1 
17 
6 
30 
10 
6 
1 
17 
6 
30 
10 
6 
Total 
512 
14 
0* 
.. 
485 
18 
0 
Although  designs,  specifications,  and  estimates  for  the  erection 
of  the  buildings  required  in  both  the  tillage  and  the  dairy,  or 
breeding  departments,  have  been  referred  to  and  given  in  the 
present  Essay,  yet  an  indispensable  accommodation  of  the  farmery 
for  a branch  of  husbandry  very  frequently  practised  still  remains 
to  be  noticed. 
It  is  a well  ascertained  fact  that  young  cattle,  from  the  time  of 
their  being  weaned  until  they  have  nearly  or  quite  completed  the 
second  year  of  their  age,  require  freedom  and  exercise  to  attain 
the  necessary  growth  of  frame  to  fatten  at  an  after  period  to  the 
Since  the  repeal  of  the  duty  on  bricks  this  estimate  may  be  reduced  to  486 1.  12*. 
