282  On  the  Construction  of  Farm- Buildings. 
Estimate  and  Specification  for  Farm-Buildings— continued. 
Yds.  ft.  in. 
S.  (1. 
£.  s.  cl. 
No.  32  troughs  to  cattle-boxes  at  4 feet  long 
,,11  „ piggery  at  4 feet  long  . . 
.,  12  „ houses  for  young  cattle  4 feet 
long  ....... 
No.  1 step  ladder  to  mill-room  . . 
,,  12  racks  and  mangers  .... 
120  0 0 
Run  light  iron  rail  and  sleeper  (no  chairs  re- 
quired)  10s.  per  yard  .... 
010  0 
Run  iron  shoots  ...... 
no  o 
„ „ stack-pipe  ..... 
250  0 
„ 4-inch  earthenware  drain-pipe  in  cement 
240  0 
Tarring  exterior  wood-work  .... 
4 0 0 
Total  including  railway  . . . 
1438  10  5 
Extra. 
80  0 0 
Ilun  light  iron  rail  and  sleeper  for  rick-yard,  if 
that  part  of  the  plan  is  carried  out 
40  0 0 
XVII. — A Plan  for  Farm-Buildings.  By  J.  Hudson, 
of  Castleacre. 
In  thus  attempting  to  offer  an  opinion  upon  the  construction  of 
farm-buildings,  I feel  1 may  be  deficient  in  the  ability  to  frame 
an  Essay  in  eloquent  language ; but  if  a life  devoted  to  practical 
farming  can  furnish  a plain  unvarnished  statement  of  what,  from 
experience,  I find  is  required  in  a farm  premises,  then  I hope 
the  plan  I am  about  to  submit  may  be  found  advantageous  to  the 
tenant  farmer. 
Presuming  the  plan  required  is  for  300  acres  of  arable  land,  I 
would  first  premise  that  in  the  selection  of  the  site  for  buildings 
it  would  be  advisable  to  have  them  placed,  as  nearly  as  possible, 
in  the  centre  of  the  occupancy,  both  for  the  advantage  of  carrying 
the  corn  to  be  threshed,  and  a portion  of  the  root  crops  to  the 
cattle-yards,  as  well  as  the  carting  the  manure  from  the  yards  to 
the  fields,  and  also  the  economy  of  time  in  the  men  and  horses 
having  ordy  a short  distance  to  go  from  the  stables  to  their  work 
in  the  fields.  Another  very  important  thing  is  the  supply  of  water 
for  the  cattle,  and  also  for  steam-power,  should  it  be  used  upon 
the  premises,  in  which  case  large  expensive  barns  are  not  required 
to  be  built. 
It  may  be  thought  that  the  accompanying  plan  is  larger  than  is 
