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 FARM HOUSES AND FARMERIES IN VARIOUS STYLES. 465 ground on which it stands is somewhat above the level of that of the farmery. The piff- geries are very conveniently placed, with reference to the scullery and dairy ; but unlns they are kept very clean and sweet during summer, being so near the Hvinf-rooms, their smell will be offensive ; we may say the same of the dunghill, which we should have 1 referred in the situation of the cattle-shed, unless, indeed it be roofed over; a refinement, however, which we suppose is not yet introduced into Dumfiiesshire. The foddering- 942 943 -4 T / f^ £_b ift. 944 manger we consider a good idea, and worthy of imitation ; indeed, we believe it is now frequently to be met with in the south of Scotland and the north of England. When the cheapest and best mode of feeding horses and cattle is better understood, all the hay and straw given to them will be cut, by machinery, into short lengths ; then mixed with corn, or with roots, or other succulent food, and water, and flavoured with salt ; and pro- bably, in the case of fattening cattle and sheep for the butcher, with the addition of highly aromatic herbs, to give a flavour to the meat. iV/elil6tus officinalis will one day be as Jm]iortant a plant to the British farmer as it now is to the farmer of Switzerland. 907. Specification for Dumfriesshire Farmeries. The following detailed particulars of