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 552 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. the central shclter-slied. The following observations on this plan are by the committee of the Highland Society : " The shelter-sheds are placed within the square ; and, should they be thought too small for a farm producing a great quantity of straw, they may be enlarged by throwing them a few feet forward. There are also designed an overseer's house, and a smithy and carpenter's shop. Should these not be required, the cart-sheds could be placed where the overseer's house is ; the boiling and potato houses at the west end of the riding-horse stable, and the west wing done away with altogether. A poultry- house could l)e taken off the straw-barn. By these means a considerable expense would be saved. The lower and upper granary would still make an extent of seventy feet by eighteen feet, which would be a suitable size for such a farm." ( Trans. High. Soc, vol. viii. p. 382.) 1178. General Estimate. To execute this plan, exclusive of the overseer's house, smithy, and carpenter's shop, and of the carriage of materials, and the prime cost of stones, will cost about ^£'1300 covered with slates; if covered with tiles, it will cost about £-■1020. Design XLI . — A Farmery for a Farm of 500 Acres of arable Turnip Land, kept under alternate Corn and Pasture, and employed in breeding and in feeding Stock, as well as in sending Corn to Market. 1179. Accommodation. The ground plan, fig. 1080, shows pigsties, a ; a poultry- house, b ; house for boiling or steaming food, c ; potato-house, d ; foal-house, e ; stables 1080 for seventeen horses, /; hay-house, </ ; spare house, h ; straw-houses, ii; threshing- machinery, k ; dressing-barn, I, with loft for unthreshed corn, &c., over it; lower granary, m, with another granary of the same size over it ; calf-house, n ; cow-houses, o o ; house for bull, p ; cart-shed, q ; gig-house, r ; shelter-sheds, s ; shed for young horses or cattle, (, with a yard in front ; feeding-yards, u ; yard for young cattle, v ; and j'ard for store cattle, w. 1180. Remarks. The committee observe that this plan will be found extremely convenient, though it does not contain near so much accommodation as the preceding one. The small yard, t, in the middle will be found to be very useful for different purposes. On some farms the length of the straw-barn would be quite sufficient, were it to terminate in a line with the front of the shelter-sheds. The cart-sheds would be better arranged if they opened to the exterior of the yard, as the cows going out and in are apt to be rambling among the carts, and injuring themselves. 1181. General Estimate. Exclusive of carriages, and prime cost of stone, this farmery will cost about ^£"1190, covered with slates; and, if covered with tiles, about ^£"940. Design XLI I. — A Dairy Farm of 500 Acres, kept in a Rotation of Corn Crops and Grass ; one half being supposed to be in Hay or Pasture. 1182. AccomTnodation. The ground plan, fig. 1081, shows four cow-houses, a, with feeding-passages, b, and cleaning-passages, c ; another cow-house, d ; a calf-house, e ; turnip-house, /; cow-house, g ; another cow-house, h ; straw-house, i ; situation of the inclined plane from the rick-yard to the unthreshed corn-floor, j ; and machinery, k ; There are a spare house, / ; two stables, m ; hay-house, n ; place for a bull, o ; cart-shed, p ; four cow-houses, q, each with a feeding-passage on one side, and a cleaning-passage on the other ; a poultry-house, r ; gig-house, s ; potato-house, t ; boiling-house, u ; turnip- house, V ; store-house, w ; superintendant's house, x ; pigsties, y ; and shelter-sheds, z.