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On  the  Construction  of  Farm-Buildings. 
threshing  is  going  on,  be  immediately  transferred  to  the  machine 
which  abuts  on  the  railway.  The  root-store  is  to  be  filled  by  aid 
of  the  truck  from  the  root-house  and  root-shed  ; the  former  being 
a lock-up  house  for  potatoes  and  carrots,  the  latter  an  open  place 
for  the  deposit  of  other  roots  between  hurdles. 
When  the  cattle  are  to  be  fed,  the  truck  takes  up  their  load  of 
roots,  cut  or  boiled,  in  the  root-boiling  and  cutting-store,  or  the 
chaff  and  linseed  compound  for  another  meal,  obtained  each  from 
their  respective  store-houses  adjoining  the  rail,  and  proceeds  on 
its  way  through  the  cattle-boxes,  giving  out  to  each  animal  its 
appointed  allowance.  The  trucks  are  again  available  for  littering 
the  animals,  procuring  the  supply  from  the  straw-barn  ; and  when 
the  accumulation  of  manure  in  the  boxes  has  reached  its  limited 
height  of  increase,  the  trucks  convey  this  mass  of  dung  direct  to  the 
dung-pit.  One  man  could  thus  easily  by  means  of  the  rail  and 
truck  manage  all  these  operations  in  a short  lime,  so  that  the  whole 
of  the  animals  might  receive  their  food  with  regularity.  Even  if  the 
railway  be  not  adopted,  such  an  arrangement  of  building  as  we 
have  shown,  would  afford  great  facilities  for  feeding  and  littering 
the  stock ; the  inclined  plane  from  the  various  store-houses  through 
the  cattle-boxes  may  be  still  retained,  and  if  a plank  were  laid 
down  and  securely  fixed  in  the  centre  of  the  passages  between  the 
feeding-boxes,  a man  would  be  able  to  take  a good  load  on  a long 
frame  wheel-barrow;  the  expense  of  laying  down  such  planks 
would  not  exceed  10/. 
From  the  root-boiling  house  the  distance  is  but  short  to  the 
piggeries ; in  front  of  these,  troughs  are  placed,  having  swinging 
flaps  for  convenience  in  filling  and  feeding. 
The  straw-barn  extends  under  the  granary,  and  at  its  side  and 
end  has  the  space  up  to  the  roof.  The  hay-shed  and  the  straw-barn 
are  thus  both  brought  close  to  the  chaff-cutter.  The  granary  is 
placed  in  its  present  position  in  order  that,  as  the  corn  sacks  are 
filled,  they  may  be  hoisted  up  at  once  to  their  place  of  deposit, 
and  be  convenient  for  transfer  to  the  mill-room  ; or,  if  the  corn  is 
to  be  sent  away  for  sale,  the  waggons  would  pass  through  the  barn 
and  the  sacks  be  dropped  into  them  direct  from  the  granary  door. 
To  prevent  any  risk  of  vermin  getting  into  the  granary,  it  is  pro- 
posed to  form  the  floor  of  inch  slate,  and  the  sides  and  ends  of  the 
binns  to  be  also  of  slate. 
The  fowl-house  is  over  the  root  boiling-house,  and  in  this  posi- 
tion they  would  be  likely  to  thrive,  the  room  set  apart  for  them 
being  very  dry  and  warm. 
The  cart-horse  stable  is  placed  close  to  the  waggon  and  cart- 
shed,  which  will  take  two  carts,  one  behind  the  other,  that  no  loss 
of  time  should  occur  in  getting  the  teams  off  in  the  morning,  or 
in  taking  the  tired  horses  at  night  into  their  place  of  rest. 
