. British husbandry; exhibiting the farming practice in various parts of the United Kingdom. Agriculture -- Great Britain; cbk. ^^â Ground Plan,. SCALE OF FEET. A A, urine tank, under the stable and cow-house, 50 feet by 20, and 6 deep, with a parti- tion in it. B, kitchen. D and E are sleeping-rooms raised a few feet above the kitchen and over the dairy and cellar. F, a work-shop for weaving and other work. G, passage to feed the cattle. I I, cow-hoiise. L L, pig-styes. M, stable. N, barn floor, O O, bays. P, pump ibr urine, Q. pi ivy. K, pump for water, S, cart shed. Thus, it will be seen th
. British husbandry; exhibiting the farming practice in various parts of the United Kingdom. Agriculture -- Great Britain; cbk. ^^â Ground Plan,. SCALE OF FEET. A A, urine tank, under the stable and cow-house, 50 feet by 20, and 6 deep, with a parti- tion in it. B, kitchen. D and E are sleeping-rooms raised a few feet above the kitchen and over the dairy and cellar. F, a work-shop for weaving and other work. G, passage to feed the cattle. I I, cow-hoiise. L L, pig-styes. M, stable. N, barn floor, O O, bays. P, pump ibr urine, Q. pi ivy. K, pump for water, S, cart shed. Thus, it will be seen that, by spade husbandry, an industrious man, with a small capital, occupying only fifteen acres of good light land, niav not only live and bring up a family, paying a good rent, but may accumulate a considerable sum in the course of his life. The Flemish farmers and labourers live much more economically than the same class in Enorland : they seldom eat meat, except on Sundays and in harvest: buttermilk and potatoes with brown bread is their daily food. Accordingly they are gradually acquiring capital, and their great ambition is to have land of their own. They eagerly seize every opportunity of purchasing a small farm, and the price is so raised by the competition, that land pays little more than two ])er cent, interest for the purchase-money. Large properties gradually disappear, and are divided into small portions, which sell at a high rate. But the wealth and industry of the population is continually increasing, being rather diffused through the masses than accumulated in individuals. An Englishman with a ca])ital of 100/. might cultivate such a farm advantageously, and, if he is satisfied to live as a labouring man, would have the same advantages as the Fleming. His own labour is valued at twelve shillings a-week, his wife's at five shillings, and if she is not always at work his children make up for it. The rent of fifteen acres of land, with a house, cow-house, and small
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