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 JOG COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. stables, cow-houses, and porch ; the threshing-floor being left open to the roof. Fig. 1010 is an end elevation. Fig. 101 1 is a cross section. Fig. 1012 is a longitudinal elevation. Fig. 101" is a longitudinal section through the threshing-floor. Fig. 1014 is an elevation of the racks and mangers of the stable ; and fio-. 1015 a section, showing the construction of the rack and manger. Figs. 1016 and 101 7 contain an elevation and section of the feeding-trough in the cow-house. 1012. Estlmnte. The actual cost of this building, in the neighbourhood of Paris was i'438 : lis.: 8rf. ; and the price for the departments of France is ^"263 : 5s. As the cubic contents of the building are 24,052 feet, this gives 4|d. per foot as a fair price for estimating this description of building in the neighbourhood of Paiis, and 2d. per foot for estimating it in the provinces. 1013. ItemarJis on the Building contain- ing the Barn, Coiv-house, &c. The author observes on this plan, that the greatest care has been taken to adjust every part with a ■view to sufficient strength and economy. The stables and cow-houses are 14 feet 6 inches wide, and 53 feet long, inside measure; which, he says, is the smallest space that ought to be allowed for 12 horses and 12 cows. The mangers, racks, and troughs are of the proper dimensions, and are placed at the precise heights from the ground at which they ought to be. No racks are placed in the cow-liouse ; because, if they were put sufficiently low, they would only incommode the animal when eating out of the trotigli ; and, if they were placed as high as the racks of horses or nearly so, they would oblige the animal to •lOiO raise its head, and tluis endanger abortion. All the doors to the stables and cow-houses are grated, or formed with luflbr-boards, in order to admit through them a continual