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'her, and unless carefully placed are apt to be overturned bywind.

It might appear invidious to offer any detailed comparisonbetween the economy of stacking grain, so universally prac-tised in Scotland , and the expensive establishment of those vastcorn barns to be seen in some parts of England, allowing thatsufficient data were known on which such a comparison couldbe accurately formed. It may not be improper, however, tomention, that there are many arable farms in Scotland , onwhich the barn-room necessary for containing the whole of anaverage crop of grain in the straw, could not be constructedfor less than L 4000, L. 5000, or L.6000, and in additionto the expcnce of other farm-buildings, which are quite suf-ficient for all the necessary purposes of the farm, on the pre-sent system of stacking. This enormous additional expence,which is besides totally unnecessary, must either be defrayedby the landlord or tenant; and, in either case, must occasiona defalcation of rent, equal to at least seven and a half percent, per annum of the outlay, for interest, repairs, and insur-ance, or from L. 300 to L. 450 a-year. Besides this, barnsare excessively liable to the depredations of vermin; and theyrequire that the grain and straw should even be drier than isnecessary for the largest ricks, and consequently to be longerexposed to the vicissitudes of the weather, which is a matterof importance.

Engravings, explanatory of the most approved modes ofstacking corn, with cast-iron pillars and bosses, will accom-pany this part of the Report