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Oil  the  Construction  of  Farm-Buildings. 
run  on  be  laid  from  the  straw-barn  down  the  middle  of  the 
beast- house,  and  right  in  betwixt  these  two  houses,  as  shown 
on  the  ground-plan,  so  that  the  turnips  might  be  loaded  on  to 
the  waggon  and  run  down  all  the  way  betwixt  the  cattle.  To 
this  waggon  might  be  attached  a turnip-cutter,  in  order  that  each 
beast’s  portion  of  turnips  might  be  cut  and  given  direct.  The 
hay-house,  when  not  in  use,  might  be  very  properly  applied  for 
the  storing  a large  quantity  of  turnips.  Adjoining  this  last  men- 
tioned house,  but  projecting  at  right  angles  with  it,  is  the  boiling- 
house  for  the  preparing  of  the  different  kinds  of  food  used  in  the 
feeding  of  the  fat  cattle  and  other  live  stock,  the  same  being  in 
immediate  communication  with  the  beast  houses  and  sheds.  Pro- 
ceeding down  this  range  of  buildings  will  be  found  milching  cow- 
house, loose-house  (or  this  house  might  be  used  as  a hay-house 
when  the  hay-house  spoken  of  before  was  in  use  for  storing 
turnips),  bull-house,  and  calf-house.  It  being  desirable  that  the 
milching  cow-house  and  calf- house  should  be  as  near  the  dwelling- 
house  as  possible,  I have  endeavoured  in  this  arrangement  so  to 
place  them,  supposing  dwelling-house  to  stand  on  the  south  side 
of  the  buildings.  The  beast-slieds  and  fold-yards  projecting  at 
right  angles,  with  double-stalled  beast-house,  with  a passage  at 
the  back  of  same,  thus  continuing  the  communication  with  the 
straw-barn  as  well  as  boiling-house,  and  capable  of  holding  two 
fat  beasts  each,  are  particularly  well  situated  in  respect  to  enjoying 
a good  aspect,  the  sun  and  air  in  winter  having  free  access  from 
the  south,  while  at  the  same  time  they  are  protected  from  the  cold 
northern  blasts  by  the  range  of  buildings  situate  on  that  side.  At 
the  end  of  these  sheds  is  a turnip-house  for  the  use  of  same. 
Adjoining  this  turnip-house,  on  the  east  side,  are  three  piggeries, 
which  are  of  rather  peculiar  construction,  the  doors  opening  into 
same  answering  two  purposes,  the  one  a protection  from  the 
outside,  or  betwixt  one  piggery  and  the  other ; the  second  pur- 
pose the  confining  the  pigs  in  the  house  if  required  by  closing 
the  door  against  the  entry  into  such  covered  part ; also  when  the 
same  wants  cleaning  out,  it  can  be  done  without  the  pigs  being  let 
out  into  the  yard.  The  same  are  in  close  proximity  to  the  dwelling- 
house  for  the  convenience  of  feeding.  At  the  back  of  the  piggeries 
is  the  servants’  privy,  which  is  a very  necessary  appendage  about 
a farmstead  in  preserving  cleanliness.  Within  the  square  formed 
by  the  buildings  previously  referred  to  is  the  manure-yard  for  the 
convenient  littering  out  of  double-stalled  beast  house,  milching 
cow-house,  calf-house,  and  piggeries.  At  the  north-east  corner  of 
this  manure-yard  I propose  that  a tank  should  be  sunk  about  8 
feet  into  the  ground  for  the  drainage  of  the  urine  from  these 
several  buildings  as  well  as  sheds.  I may  here  observe  that  I 
consider  it  necessary  that  there  should  be  two  tanks  in  this 
