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water, holding sixty hogsheads. This water is carried to a 

 tank holding eight* barrels, in the attic of the main house, 

 by means of a force-pump. From the tank, pipes run to 

 the bath-room, kitchen, and also to the basement of the 

 house, for washing-purposes. Plenty of good water I con- 

 sider one of the most important items on a farm. Beside 

 household convenience, it is also a source of protection in 

 case of fire. To the pipe leading from the tank a hose 

 could be attached. The cistern and two never-failing welk 

 keep me well supplied with water. In the cellar of the 

 house, which I enter from the south on nearly a level with 

 the bottom, I have my wash-room, with stationary boiler 

 and soapstone wash-tubs. This room is separated by a 

 brick partition from the remainder of the cellar. In one 

 apartment, extending the whole length of the house, I keep 

 a part of my vegetables, vinegar-barrels, and coal. The 

 other room is for canned fruits, butter, and other household 

 supplies. On the first floor of the house are located the 

 dining-room and the kitchen on the south, with the parlor 

 and sitting-room on the north or front. It will be seen by 

 this arrangement of the kitchen and dining-room, the two 

 living apartments of a farmer's family, that I have secured 

 sunshine and warmth, and the pleasant cheerful influences, 

 of these essentials to human health and happiness. 



First, the kitchen : this room has received my special 

 attention, because it is the domestic workshop ; and I hold it 

 true, that, if a farmer is worth a wife, she is worth every 

 convenience, practical device, and utensil, to facilitate the 

 doing of her work that it is within his power to obtain for 

 her. On the easterly side of the kitchen is a case of drawers, 

 which combines several conveniences. The case stands thir- 

 ty-two inches high, is nine feet long and two feet wide : thus 

 the top forms a table for all the many demands that are made 

 in a kitchen for such a fixture. . Beneath this table-top is a 

 series of thirteen drawers, varying in size, as do the uses 

 to which they are put vary from a table-cloth to a teaspoon. 

 Upon the right of the table-top is a chest of small spice- 

 drawers. On the northerly side of the room, each side of 

 the chimney, is a large closet for dishes, measures, cooking- 

 ware, &c. 



Between the doors that lead to the wash-room and cham 



