T9 AGRICULTURAL SURVEY

Repairs have been freguently left to the tenant, as by cove- nant ſtipulated; but they are in general ſo ill performed, under theſe terms, as to prove no ſecurity to the landlord. Some landlords provide materials, and the úienant is to cart them to the piace wanted; which practice ſeents the only ſervice in re- pairs by the tenant that proves of real utility to the landlord.

UAN

I. 3.— Cottages,

TF cottages are of different kinds, for the common labourer in agriculture, and the different artificers, and with accommodations accordingly, with ſeparate rooms, to hold the utenhls of trade in their various occupations;¡—near large fac- tories, being frequently built in long rangés adjoining toge- ther, and near the works, and ſometimes accommodated i ſmall gardens*.

farms of£{. 100 a year, but may be reduced or enlarged at pleaſure. The

houle ought to(tand with the kitchen and pantry to the north: a porca 18s alſo neceflarz E and ſerves as back kitchen, to put milking veſlels in,&c. and break of the north-weſt winds.

The ſet of offices may be varied many ways, and alſo be uſeful and‘conve- nient; the one laid down ap Dee to be the beſt adapted for E 18 not exceed- Ing£.100 a year'z it will hold five horſes and ten cows: pn pe aís to ſuckle the calves under cover, and they are clear and convenient to the ſhippon, for it is well to keep the ſucklings ac a diftance from the cows. Over the calf-crib and cart-houſé 1s the granary, into which you aſcend out of the barn, and have no ſteps to the outſide of the building;; you may load the cart under cover with eaſe through a Pe door into the cart-houíe. In large farms I would add a ſtable to one end, and convert the preſent ſtable into another ſhippon, or cow-houſe,

* Where Ue cottager has a ſmall garden, the following mode of laying potatoes may be of particular uſc to him:

From every VE in each potatoe-ſet, will proceed‘different ſtems; which when tney are about nine inches above the ſurface of the ground, ſhould be ſpread out in a circular form, bent down, and covered all over (but juſt the ends) with earth. The following rude ſketch may probably render it more intelligible a pit: of earth nine inches“ diameter,„=, about one foot deep, ES then covered with a little mould,* gy LN upon which is depohited the.potatoe whole, that is uncut. From jj 5 this ſet may ariſe ſeveral ite ms, which SS of Jeet

cient, then the items bent down thus: and from the Rems

thus covered a few inches deep, and rounded up in the ſhape ol a mole-hill, new fibres will ſtrike, take root, and potatoes be produced in large quantities,

This mode may be ulſc ful to the cottager, as the prac- i) tice requires but little dung, ſome additional labour oe E) A as the pits may be varied, the ſame ground may be re- D

peatedly and repeatedly planted,

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