. The American farmer's hand-book ... Agriculture. RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 549 machine, k; cart-shed, l; hay-house, m ; stables, n, n; spare-house, o; poultry-house, p ; piggery, q ; aud shelter-sheds, r, r, r ; with yards, r, r, r. This plan will afford all the accommodation that could be wished for on a farm of the size for which it is intended Plan of Buildings for a Small Farm. — The ground plan of the design of a farmery for a small farm is shown in the annexed figure. In it are seen a court for calves, a ; poultry-house, b, open to the cow-house to partake Fig. of its heat; calf-house,
. The American farmer's hand-book ... Agriculture. RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 549 machine, k; cart-shed, l; hay-house, m ; stables, n, n; spare-house, o; poultry-house, p ; piggery, q ; aud shelter-sheds, r, r, r ; with yards, r, r, r. This plan will afford all the accommodation that could be wished for on a farm of the size for which it is intended Plan of Buildings for a Small Farm. — The ground plan of the design of a farmery for a small farm is shown in the annexed figure. In it are seen a court for calves, a ; poultry-house, b, open to the cow-house to partake Fig. of its heat; calf-house, c ; cow-house, d ; calf-crib, e ; cart-shed, f ; stable. 6; barn, h, part of which, i, is to be lofted over; potato-house, k ; piggery, L L, and dung-pit, M. The Stack-yard. — A situation for the stack-yard should be chosen adjoin- ing the barn, and on the most elevated and exposed side of the farmery. Its size is regulated by that of the arable part of the farm, and also by the size of the barn; as the stacks are not to be made larger than what could be contained at one time by the corn-bay, or end for unthreshed corn ; and, con- sequently, a small barn will require a larger slack-yard than a large one. The farm, in this case, as in almost every other yard or building of the farmery, ought to be rectangular, and as near as may be convenient to that of a square. The stacks are to be placed in parallel rows, with a sufficient space between them for a cart to pass along, either to unload when building the stack, or load when taking the corn to the barn. The stacks are to be placed on stands, to keep dry and free from vermin. Drainage of a Farmery. — The system of drainage in a farmery is a matter of importance, and it ought to be determined on before any part of the buildings is commenced. There are three distinct systems of drainage which must necessarily exist in every well-arranged farmery. First, it sel- dom happens that the site for a farmery is so entirely dry as not
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