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Plans of Farm Buildings. 
Block No. 3 
Consists of stalls for fifteen cows, six calf pens, and four boxes for young 
stock, with feeding passage down centre. The whole of the cow stalls, 
divisions for calf pens and boxes, and mangers, all with rounded nosings, are 
formed in concrete in situ. The floors are formed of concrete grooved, with all 
channels and falls complete, and made to deliver into fold yards ; all walls 
internally rendered around in cement. 
Ventilation is provided by air grates, sliding windows, top half of doors to 
open where necessary, and raised ridges on roof. 
Light is provided by glass in top part of windows, and glass lights in roof. 
Water is laid on for cleansing and other purposes. 
Block No. 4 
Consists of cart horse stable for eight horses in single stalls, sick box, and 
chaff house, with provision on walls of chaff house for hanging spare gears. 
The stall divisions and mangers are formed in concrete in situ. The floors 
are formed in concrete, grooved, with all channels and falls complete, and made 
to deliver into fold yard. All walls of stable and sick box are rendered 5 feet 
high in cement. 
Water is laid on for cleansing and other purposes, and a water trough is 
provided near entrance to stable. 
Ventilation is provided by air grates, sliding windows, top half of doors to 
open, and raised ridges on roof. 
Light is provided by glass in top part of windows, and glass lights in roof. 
Block No. 5 
Consists of fold yards, half of each being covered in with corrugated 
galvanised iron roof with iron principals carried upon brick piers, and having 
ventilating ridge full length of roofs, and with glass lights in roofs and 
windows in gables. 
Concrete cattle mangers and water troughs are provided, with feeding 
passage behind. Water trough is fed by secret ball tap. Grooved concrete 
causeways are provided both sides of folds. The yards are dished towards 
gully in centre. 
Block No. 6 
Consists of slaughter house with copper, tool house, three-bay implement 
shed, and hen house. The floors of hens, slaughter, and tool houses are formed 
of concrete. 
Drainage System. 
The drains are laid with 4-in. and 6-in. deep splay socketed sanitary pipes, 
caulked and jointed in cement, with all gullies, manholes, &c., necessary as 
shown on plans, and connected to settling tank and filter in fields. 
The liquid manure from all buildings is conveyed by open channels into 
fold yards where it is absorbed by the straw manure. 
SPECIFICATION. 
General Conditions. 
Quality of Work. — The Contractor is to supply all labour, materials, &c., 
which may be necessary for the entire completion of the several works included 
in this specification. 
The whole of the materials and workmanship are to be the best of their 
respective kinds. 
Excavator, Drainer, Concretor, and Bricklayer. 
Bricks. — All bricks to be hard burnt clamp bricks. P.C. 24s. per 1,000 
on site. 
