FARM ARCHITECTURE. 



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they came home from quilting and singing-school), the small 

 windows and poor glass, the steep, narrow stairways, the 

 low ceilings, and the dark cellars, not infrequently damp as 



well as dark. The latter is the most serious defect, the most 

 difficult to remedy. 



If a house-cellar is damp, persistently damp and mouldy, 

 tear it down. Then build in a dry spot. 



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Yet something may be done for a wet cellar. 

 Dig a trench around outside nearly to the bottom of the 

 wall, or at least until the stratum of earth is reached that 



