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 472 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. 948 111 so 10 20 so 40 50 UO u.. .iiilt n i) .. I 1 1 1 i I f<- as shown in the Design, are upon the principle generally adopted in Norfolk, called Cubitt's Patent : they should never be horizontal, as such sails have only one fourth of the power of vertical ones. Norfolk is considered to be superior to any other county in England, as to windmills." We consider this a remarkably well arranged Design, which will not surprise those of our readers who are aware of the experience which Mr. Thorold has had as a farmer, as well as an Architect and Engineer. The entrance to the cattle- house, being near the dwelling-house, is convenient, on account of its supplying a covered passage to the mill-house and barn : and this passage is not merely a matter of conveni- ence as such, but it is essential to the cattle-house for conveying fodder from the straw- house at one end, and turnips from the turnip-store at the other to the oxen. It is always Ratifying when a really useful object or arrangement can be rendered at the same time ornamental or agreeable. The back cart or waggon entrance to the mill is exceedingly well contrived, while it serves at the same time as the waggon court, which could not have been dispensed with in a farmery of this extent when combined with a mill. The Architecture of a building ..ontaining a windmill will be given in the next subsection.