283 AGRICULTURAL SURVEY

A. The farm-houfſe.

B. The barn, 18 feet by 60.

C. Sheds, over which are granaries.

D D. Ditto, upon which are built corn-facks; one of which is for wintering yearling calves, the other for holding implements of huſbandry.

E. Byers for cows and work-oxen, x6 feet by 48.

F, Stables. Z

G. Pig-ftyes, with hen-houſe above.

H H. Fold-yards for cattle of diferent ages,

Repairs are moſily done by the tenants; on the large farms complaints are ſeldom made of their being neglet- ed, but upon ſmall farms the landlord is frequently obli- ged to lend his affiïtances

SECT. 3.—Cottagess

Such cottages as have been erected a number of years, are built with ſtone and clay, and covered with thatch; thoſe that have been built of late years, are of ſtone and lime, covered with tiles, and moſtly a floor of lime and ſand; they conſiſt of one apartment 15 ft. by 16, to dwell in, with a ſmall one at the entrance for a cow, coals, working tools,&c. 9 ft. by 16, and are only one fory high: Very few of them want the accommodation of a gardens

The materials uſed for building are, ſtone and bricks, but moſtly the former. Straw(thatch) uſed to be the univerſal covering, but it is now nearly fallen into diſuſe, and tiles or ſlates ſubſtituted in its ſtead. The ſmall dark blue ſlate, from Scotland, is the kind generally uſed here, and are much ſuperior to tiles; for though they are more expenífive at frſt, yet it is probable that in a few years they may be às cheap, from the repairs tiles ſo frequently require, eſpecially where they are ſo ill manufa@ured.

Fir timber is univerſally uſed for all the purpoſes of building.

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