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 1089 530 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTUUE. for in a farm of this size. The form of a horse-course is here added; for, unless sufficient water can be easily procured for turning a wheel, a farm of this extent will not afford the expense of steam or a wind power, and horses must be employed. The stables, con- taining but 4 horses, will answer very well at 15 feet wide." 1 1 92. General Estimate. " This plan, exclusive of the expense of carriage and prime cost of stones, will cost about ^''600; if covered with tiles, about i^ 476." (Ibid. p. 383.) Design XLV. — A Farmery for a Cottage Farm of 25 Acres. 1193. Accommodation. The general appearance is shown in fig. 1091, and the ground plan in fig. 1090. The latter exhibits a court for calves, a; 1090 poultry-house, b, open to the cow-house, in order to partake of its heat ; calf-house, c ; cow- house, d; calf-crib, e; cart-shed, /; stable, g; barn, h; part of the barn to be lofted over, i ; potato- house, k ; pigsty and yard, I ; and dung-pit, m. 1194. Ecmarks. " This De- sign for a cottage-farm is plain and simple, and calculated for a country situation where orna- ment is not required. It is pro- posed to joist and floor a small part of the barn, laying the joists about 1 foot below the t'n-T"Tn 1 1 1 top of the walls. This will be ^'- 1° ° 'o ''" ^'■ found very useful, by admitting a draught of air near the bottom of the roof, for dry- ing wet corn, grass seeds, &c." It would be easy to render this Design ornamental, by giving the openings the character of the old English style ; but we can hardly think it in good taste to bestow much ornament on this class of buildings, which may be truly said to be, " when unadorned, adorned the most." With a comfortable cottage and garden