3. Farm-Servants' Cottages. - The cottages erected by farmers for their yearly servants cannot be expected to be either commodious or substantial; because in Scotland they are built with a view to the duration of a nineteen or twenty-one years' lease, by a party who never can have much capital to spare for such a purpose. It is true, the landlord generally makes a certain allowance for the erection of such cottages; but, (Further remarks on this subject will be found in our Encyclpï¾µdia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture, Part I. p. 8. notwithstanding this, we believe they will invariably be found the worst description of dwellings in Scotland. Perhaps it will hardly be credited in a future age, that while Scotch farmers, confessedly the most enlightened agriculturists in the world, are not intrusted with the erection of stables and buildings for lodging cattle, and for the other purposes of the farm-yard, they are yet permitted to erect dwellings for human beings.
