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A word in anticipating objections. ' The house is too near the 

 noise and effluvia of the barnyard.' I plead guilty in a measure; but 

 on reference to the plan, it will be seen that the woodhouse and shop, 

 and lane, intervene, and prevent all unpleasant connection. Again, 

 summer winds blow in general, (in this climate,) from the dwelling, 

 carrying in opposite direction disagreeable effluvia. But after all, 

 the farmer who is ashamed of his cattle yard, or its odors, had best set 

 his house from them, a goodly distance indeed! ' But the buildings 

 are too closely united, a fire would prove disastrous.' True, but get 

 insured, and keep insured. Industry will pay for the policy. 



DESIGNS OF FARM HOUSE AND OUT-BUILDINGS. 



BY T. M. NIVEN, NEWBURGH, N. Y. 



Gentlemen — I submit for your consideration the accompanying 

 design of a genteel Farm House, of moderate pretensions and cost. 

 It is gratifying that this subject is at last receiving that attention, in 

 part at least, which its importance demands. 



Elevation. — Fig. 1. 



In past years, the idea of a farmer's dwelling with any pretensions 

 to taste, carried with it, to his mind, extravagance and ruin; and this 

 false notion was often fostered by the mechanic, who while able to 

 put his work together in a substantial manner, yet never had an idea 



