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 FARM HOUSES AND FARMERIES IN VARIOUS STYLES. 517 1034 house, &c., 30, being detached from the buildings and yards for animals ; and, con- sequently, being free from straw, the obligation of opening and shutting gates, and the risk of letting out cattle, &c. The farm house has the most ample accommodations. Mr. Taylor has sent us a plan of Starston farmery, as it appeared some years ago, when the same accommodation was scattered about in all directions, to the great inconvenience of the occupant. In reply to some questions respecting the construction of the racks and mangers, and the farm-yard management of Norfolk, Mr. Taylor has sent us the foDowing valuable information : — 1036. " The Norfolk System of Farming Management differs materially from that pursued in most other coimties of England, in not having any stalls or divisions in the stables, save, perhaps, one for a vicious or troublesome horse ; the rest stand close to each other, each tied to the manger by a halter, at the end of which is a log of wood, as in fig. 1035, sufficiently heavy to draw down the halter after its being raised by the horse, in lifting up his head ; and thus, by keeping the line stretched, preventing the horse from getting his feet entangled therewith. The horses are not confined to the stable, except at feeding and cleaning times, when they are tied up ; at other times they are turned into a dry well-littered straw-yard, between the stable and the horse-sheds, 10 10, which, being open to the yard, they can resort to for shelter. The door of the stable is left open every night. This4is done in all seasons, and in all weathers; and it is a well-known fact, that, be the weather ever so rough, the horses generally prefer lying in the open air. Of course, in pursuing this yard system, it will be desirable to keep a good look-out, especially in the first instance, that no horse of a quarrelsome domineering temper be suffered to mix with the 1035