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rise in the roof, gives ample height for the upper rooms, which may 

 be six in number, and allow sufficient space for closets. 



The dairy should occupy the coolest part of the cellar, and be en- 

 tirely separated from other parts by walls. The best and cheapest 

 material for the floor, is a coating of two inches of water lime mortar. 



The size of this house will appear too large to many, but it is not 

 larger than the houses of a large portion of our farmers, after piecing 

 and patching ; costs much less, and appears far better. It is much ea- 

 sier to pass from one room to another on the same level, than to pass 

 a flio-ht of stairs; hence the aim has been to have as many of those in 

 common use on the same floor. This also contributes to economy in 

 erection — as calculation will readily show. A one story house, 10 

 feet high and 40 feet square, will enclose 1600 feet of floor; a two 

 story house, 28| feet square and 20 feet high, will also enclose 1600 

 feet; but the latter will require 650 feet more of siding, which will 

 cost more, with painting, than the addition in shingling the former. 



A careful and liberal estimate, made from full bills of cost of seve- 

 ral houses actually erected by the writer, places the cost of this build- 

 ing, if made plain and of wood, at about $1,400, at the average price 

 of materials, teaming, labor, &c., in central and western New-York. 

 This cheapness is owing principally to the cottage form, compact ar- 

 rangement, and the diminution of siding and paint under the veranda. 



Elevation of the Farmery— Fig. 4. 



Figure 4, is an elevation of the farmery, and fig. 5 is a plan of the 

 farmery, house, and adjacent grounds. The farm buildings form near- 

 ly a hollow square, the barn in the center of the further range. In 

 fig. 5, the barn cellar only is shown, being on a level with the stables 

 on each side. The further part is for roots, and is fill- 

 ed through two windows with hopper-like troughs, in- 

 to which the cart is dumped. The nearer part is for 

 straw, to be used for cutting and for littering. From 

 the intermediate space, passages 4 feet wide run in 



Floor 



R Strata 



Fig. 6. 



front of the stables on either side, for feeding. Fig. 6, 

 shows the upper floor of the barn; A. unthreshed grain; R. corn crib; 



