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Od  the  Construction  of  Farm- Buildings. 
on  the  plan,  which  is  18  feet  in  width  by  20  feet  in  length,  and 
has  a door  into  the  barn  ; so  that,  when  necessary,  corn  which  is 
dressed  may,  with  little  trouble,  be  removed  into  it.  The  granary 
of  course  must  have  a boarded  floor,  and  may  be  fitted  up  with 
bins  according  to  fancy.  The  height  in  the  walls  may  be  feet. 
Next  to  this  follows  a place  18  feet  square,  marked  3,  which  is 
required  to  contain  the  food  for  cattle,  whether  oil-cakes,  linseed, 
composition,  or  corn,  and  having  a door  into  the  cattle-yards,  and 
also  one  towards  the  north.  The  cart-shed,  42  feet  long,  and 
marked  in  the  plan  No.  4,  will  finish  the  range  of  buildings  to 
the  east.  It  will  be  open  to  the  north,  so  that  the  hot  summer 
sun  will  not  injure  the  carts,  and  being  18  feet  in  width  will, 
beside  holding  the  carts,  afford  sufficient  room  to  shelter  various 
implements,  such  as  harrows,  ploughs,  See.,  which  may  be  placed 
behind  the  carts;  care,  of  course,  being  taken  that  they  are 
secured  from  injury  when  the  carts  are  backed  into  the  shed. 
Again,  returning  to  the  barn,  the  building  adjoining  it  at  the 
west  end,  No.  8,  20  feet  in  length  by  IS  feet  in  width,  will  be 
required  as  a tool  place,  in  which  all  the  smaller  class  of  imple- 
ments, such  as  forks,  hoes,  spades,  &c.,  may  be  safely  kept ; and 
it  will  also,  if  necessary,  serve  as  a place  where  a drill  may  be 
secured  under  lock  and  key.  Next  to  this,  at  the  west  end,  will 
be  a small  place,  No.  7,  12  ft.  by  18  ft.,  which  should  be  used 
for  cutting  chaff'  for  the  horses,  whether  by  manual  or  by  horse 
power.  The  chaff-house  itself.  No.  6,  will,  of  course  follow;  and 
the  size  proposed,  18  ft.  by  10  ft.,  will  be  found  amply  sufficient. 
The  separation  between  this  place  and  the  last-mentioned  should 
contain  a large  window  in  the  upper  part,  so  that  the  chaff,  when 
cut  and  measured,  may  be  emptied  into  the  chaff-house  with  the 
smallest  possible  amount  of  labour.  That  very  important  part  of 
the  farm  homestead,  the  working-horse  stable,  marked  No.  5, 
next  claims  our  attention.  If  constructed  for  10  horses,  the  num- 
ber which  will  probably  be  required  to  work  a farm  containing 
200  acres  of  arable  land,  the  length  of  the  stable  should  be  40 
feet,  and,  according  to  the  proposed  plan,  it  will  be  18  feet  in 
width.  This  will,  to  some  persons,  appear  large,  but  I think 
there  is  no  mistake  more  common  than  to  build  farm  stables  too 
narrow;  more  especially  when  the  harness  is  hung  on  pegs  in  the 
stable  behind  the  horses.  The  use  of  a harness-house  separated 
from  the  stable  is  advocated  by  some,  and  where  the  stable  is 
already  built,  and  perhaps  does  not  exceed  15  feet  in  width,  the 
harness-house  may  be  a useful  adjunct  ; but  it  is,  I think,  better 
at  once  to  make  the  stable  of  such  a width  that  sufficient  room 
will  be  provided  for  the  harness  of  each  horse  to  be  hung  on  a 
pin  driven  into  the  wall  behind  his  usual  situation  in  the  stable 
without  crowding  or  inconvenience.  There  should  be  two  doors 
