. An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic resource] : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements, a general history of agriculture in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles. Agriculture. of the cow house a tank was formed, fifty feet long, sixteen feet wide, and six deep, with its surface on a level with th
. An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic resource] : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements, a general history of agriculture in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles. Agriculture. of the cow house a tank was formed, fifty feet long, sixteen feet wide, and six deep, with its surface on a level with the bottom of the cellar ; it was arched over, and had a man-hole for cleaning out the sediment, 412 ^?tft^ four feet in diameter: into this tank the whole of the urine was conducted, after being filtered through the urine gutters into spouts beneath it reaching the whole length of the house. Each filter consisted of a vessel covered with a plate of cast iron, pierced with small holes, the sur- face of the plate being on a level with the sur- face of the gutter : the use of the vessel under it is to receive the sediment, for which purpose it is made four inches wider than the cover, and in this extra width the water runs over into the cast-iron spout by which it is conducted to the ank : it enters the tank by a division surrounded by boards pierced with holes, so as to filter it a second time, in order that the water may be pumped up with greater ease. This water was sold to the gardeners and others, at from Is. to Is. fid. per hundred gallons. The roof was sup- ported in the middle by cast iron pillars (b); there were no ceilings, but the slates were hung to the quarterings of the rafters on pins, with a good lap ; this being found warm enough in the coldest weather, and favourable for ventilation in the hottest: there were also windows in the roof, both for light and ventilation. The heat was generally kept to (10° or 64°. The passages (c) were paved, and five feet wide, and
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