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 DWELLINGS FOR FARM SERVANTS. 1926 6i3 1:5(50. Remarks. This may be considered as, on the whole, a very comfortable cottage ; more especially if the cellar floor is fitted up with all the conveniences of which it is susceptible. If the ploughman has a cow, which, in Scotland and iii the north of Eng- land, is almost always the case, there may be a proper dairy ; or, in the south of England, where the great dependence of the occupant of such cottages is upon a pig, there mav be a proper salting-place. Design VIII. — The improved Farm Labourer^ Cottage of France, as given by Morel- Vinde. 1361. The habitations of the country lahourers. Morel- Vinde observes, being of more frequent occurrence than any other, are, on that account, the most important of all ; and, notwithstanding the great improvements which this enlightened and benevolent pro- prietor has made on the other buildings requisite for a farm, those which he has intro- duced in the cottage of the ploughman he considers the best. In speaking of these, the principles on which Morel- A'^inde has constructed his labourers' cottages are thus given. His first condition is, care of the occupant's health, which requires the sleeping-room to be raised above the level of the surrounding soil, with a circidation of air underneath. To fulfil this condition, he raises the floor of his house three feet above the surface, form ing a dry cellar under the sleeping-room, which serves as a bakehouse. His second condition is, sufficient space; for which he has given two rooms, one for cooking and living in, and the other for sleeping in. His third condition is heat ; for which, in addition to the common kitchen fireplace, and the oven underneath, he has given a stove in the centre of the building. His fourth condition is, economy of fuel ; for which he has given a shed for containing it when collected. His fifth is, decency and economy of manure ; for which he has given a privy of a particular description. His sixth requisite comprises the cottager's sources of living, in addition to the connnon wages of labour; for which he gives a cow-liousc, a place for poultry, another for a pig, another for rabbits, another for