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 FARM HOUSES AND FARMLRIES IN VARIOUS STYLES. 44^ 902 and of the lofts and roofs of the farmery. 38 and 39 are two best bed-rooins, with a dressing- closet between; there are two other bed-rooms, 40 40, and a servants' bed-room, 41 : 42 and 43 are the yards to the pigsties ; 44, the wool-loft ; 45, two hay-lofts ; 46, the granary ; 47, the upper part of the walls of the barn ; 48, the straw-house ; and 49 49 49 49, the yards to the cattle-sheds. The dung-court is indicated by 50 ; the kitchen- court by 51 ; the kitchen-garden by 52 ; and the pleasure-gi'ound by 53. 886. Construction. The walls are of stone, and the roofs slated, with ridge stones of the free red sandstone of the district. Fig. 903 is a cross section of the cow-house, marked 19 in fig. 901 ; in which may be seen the feeding-passage, two feet and a halt wide, a; the partition of flag-stone, b, which separates this feeding-passage from the feedi-ng-trough or manger, c ; the partitions between the stalls, formed by single flag- stones, d; the level surface of the stall, e ; the gutter behind, /; and the passage, g. At A a vertical line is shown which indicates a round iron rod, half an inch in diameter, on which a ring runs, and to which the cattle are fastened by halters or chains. Two stand together between each stall. Fig. 904 is a longitudinal section of a part of these