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 FARM HOUSES AND FARMERIES IN VARIOUS STYLIS. 50[) 1020. Details. Fig. 1020 is a ground plan, in which aa aa form the area of the dunghill, which is covered with a lean-to roof on all sides as far as b b b b, which letters mark the situation of oak posts, 1 6 feet apart, and 8 feet high above the surface, supporting a granary floor, over which there is a pigeon-house, with the boxes for the pigeons fixed to the rafters of the roofs, as indicated in the section fig. 1019, at c c. The floor of this granary is divided into 7 bins, indicated by the dotted lines forming the squares marked d, and by the same letter in the sec- tion. There is a porch, e, for receiving and delivering corn by means of a crane and pulley, as indicated at f in the sec- tion. In the upper part of this porch there is a small door to the pigeon-house, i---' g, and the ascent is by an outside step-ladder, k. Under the porch carts or waggons may enter, and pass completely round or through the area roofed in, so as to take up dung ji I— jc faL r III I I II I II I J 1^ r? I ' °^ i n il. II IK f- Ft. 10 at any point. There is a cesspool, i, with a pump to it, rising 8 feet above the surface at k ; and there are a number of spouts, which can be joined one to another, from the pump all over the dunghill, so as to convey the liquid of the tank to all or any part of the latter. This operation was performed at Chalfont Lodge every morning. There is a pig-;' kitchen, !, which has a copper, m ; hog-tank, n; bins, o, feeding hoppers, p; hog- troughs, q ; and sties, r. The flue and chimney of the hog's copper are seen at « in the plan and at t in the section. From two of the bins in the granary there