This book contains a detailed and practical guide on constructing farm buildings, with information on systematic planning, improvement, and construction thereof. Complete with comprehensive instructions and helpful diagrams, this is a text that will be of much use to farmers, carpenters and builders with an interest in construction farm buildings. Much of the information provided in this antique book is still very much relevant, and will certainly be of use to modern readers with an interest in the topic. The chapters of this book include: Economic Principles, Local Conditions, Customs and Variations, Development of Homesteads, Additions and Alterations, Hill Farm Homesteads, Cattle-sheds, Stables, Piggeries, Boiler-House, Slaughter-House, Poultry-House, Food Stores, Barns... and more. We are proud to republish this antique book here complete with a new and specially-commissioned introduction.