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to it; g a bole, 4 feet higli by 3£ feet wide, communicating with the straw-bam,for allowing any straw to be forked that requires to be again passed through themill; h is the straw-bam; k one granary, 18 feet by G4, with four windows oneach side, and entered by a stair direct from the corn-barn; i another granary,

Fig. 11.

UPPER STOREY OF A 8TXADINO FOR SUBURBIAL FARMING WITH ARABLE CULTURE.

18 feet by G2, with five windows on one side and four on the other, andentered from the corn-barn by a stair through the engine-room ; and l thepigeon-house, 18 feet by 6, entered by a trap-stair from the hen-house below.

127. The scale of this plan is in the proportion of nearly of an inch to thefoot. The scale of fig. 11 will be found at fig. 2, Plate V.

128. The extreme length of the principal range over walls is 158 feet, thatof the right and left wings 95 feet, that of the middle range 64 feet, and allapartments 18 feet in width within walls.

129. The farmhouse and servants’ cottages should be near the steading.

130. The arrow points to the north.

131. Suburbial Dairy Farming .—In suburbial dairy farming the chief object isthe production of new milk for immediate consumption in towns. For this purposea large accommodation should be provided for cows, and for the preparation oftheir food. At the same time, there should be liberty to convert some of the milkinto butter, and even into cheese. There must always be arable culture in connec-tion with dairy husbandry, and in case the entire arable products should not be con-sumed on the farm, the surplus is sent to market. It will thus be easily understoodthat suburbial dairy farming should be conducted on a somewhat large scale, andthat the size of the steading should bear an adequate proportion to the extentof the farming. The cows in a suburbial dairy being purchased, either calvedor about to calve, in the weekly markets, no accommodation is required for therearing of young stock; nor are hammels for bulls needed in such farming, asthe cows are allowed to yield milk as long as they can, and are then disposed ofto the butcher in fair condition.

132. The plan in Plate VI. affords the accommodation required in a steadingfor suburbial dairy farming, where the centre is occupied by the straw, and onewing is devoted to arable and the other to dairy operations.

133. In the central range is the corn barn a, 18 feet by 31, with a window in