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breadth, 51 feet; and the width of the sheds is 18 feet within walls. Thelength of fig. 2 over walls is 153 feet, and the width of the apartments withinwalls is 18 feet.

45. The arrow indicates the direction of north.

46. It may be deemed desirable to have the cattle-sheds connected with thesteading. Such a plan is represented by fig. 3, Plate I., where it is denominated“ Compact pastoral farm-steading for rearing cattle,” and where the central partof the building is occupied by the cattle-sheds abed, each 30 feet by 18, withtheir respective courtyards e f g h, each 30 feet square. With the sheds here,the apartments of the steading are notin a straight line, as in the above case, butare thrown into the form of wings, the lower one in the plate being devoted tothe operations of the farm, and the upper one to those of the house. Thelower wing is occupied by i, the riding-horse stable with three stalls, 18 feetby 18, with a window and door in front; k the hay-liouse, 18 feet by 12, inwhich a large corn-chest for all the horses may be placed, with a door andwindow in front; l the cart-horse stable, 18 feet by 18, furnished with threestalls, and a door and window in front. The hay-liouse being placed betweenthe two stables, internal doors of communication may be made if desired. Thegig-house m, 18 feet by 12, with a wide door in front. The litter-house n, 18 by24 feet, is provided with a window' and door in front, as well as a door at thebapk, to allow' the litter to be carried either way, as required.

47. The upper wing contains o, the hen-house, 18 feet by 10, with a doorin front, and a window and bole with steps at the side. There is another hay-liouse here at p, 18 feet by 10, for the use of the byre q, which is 18 feet by20, furnished with four divisions for two cow's in each. Both the hay-house andbyre or shippen have a -window' and door in front. The outhouse r is 18 feet by18, with a window' and door in front; s the hilling-house, 18 feet by 26, with adoor and two windows in front, and may be used for other purposes.

48. The walls are 9 feet in height from the floor, and the dotted lines showthe structure of the walls, windows, doors, and roof; the roof being made ofw'ooden couples, and slated.

49. The extreme length over walls of fig. 3, Plate I., is 164 feet. The lengthof the upper wing is 91 feet, and that of the lower 91 feet. The width of thesheds and courts over w'alls is 52 feet. The width of the apartments and shedswithin w'alls is 18 feet.

50. The scale of fig. 3, Plate I., is in the proportion of three-eighths and athird of an inch to the foot.

51. The farmhouse and cottages for the herds should be placed near thesteading, which should be erected in the most accessible part of the farm.

52. The arrow show's the direction of north.

53. Sheep Pastoral Farming .—Sheep in pastoral farms are never housed in asteading in winter, although in modern agriculture in the low country theyare not unfrequently fed in sheds erected beside the steading. Nevertheless,sheep are at times protected in a certain class of buildings, named stalls, in theupper pastoral districts. In a pastoral farm where a ewe stock is kept suchstells are of much use in stormy weather, and wdien the ground is covered withsnow, to afford both protection and food to the ew'es in lamb. Where ewes arekept, a certain proportion of the ewe lambs are retained, to maintain the numberof the flock, and these lambs, wdien weaned and then termed hoggs, requireshelter as w'ell as the ewes themselves. Most of the lambs, and all the old cast