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 growing up tender in a covered yard, provided it is roomy and well ventilated. The ventilation, however, should come from above the animals; there must be no draughts in a covered yard. The better manufacture and preservation of manure under cover is another important consideration; but this will be found more particularly noticed on pages 78 and 117.

Outlay on Farm Buildings—It would not be very satisfactory, perhaps, to attempt to lay down any rule as to the proportion of capital per acre which it is necessary to invest in buildings on any particular class of farm. The class of building, the material used, local circumstances, as well as the extent of the farm and the value of the land, all tend to disturb calculation.

Mr. Denton tells us in "The Farm Homesteads of England", that assuming everything is substantially done, farms of 1,000 acs. and upwards, of tillage and mixed husbandry, will require an outlay in house and homestead of £4,000 to £5,000, or £4 10s. per acre; that farms of between 500 and 1,000 acs. of tillage and mixed husbandry, will require an oulay of £2,500 to £4,000, or £6 per acre ; and that farms of between 200 and 500 acs. of mixed or dairy husbandry will require an outlay of £1,500 to £3,000, or £7 per acre. In many cases, it is added, these rates are exceeded, and £10 an acre is expended in buildings.

There are many instances within our own knowledge and experience where the outlay on buildings has ranged from £5 to £10 per acre. That represents 5s. to 10s. per acre of additional rent-charge at 5 percent. Under the present circumstances of agriculture, however, no land will support that outlay on buildings. At the same time, improved buildings and increased building accommodation