340 State Board of Agriculture, &c. 



RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 



FARM BUILDINGS. 



BY HENRY SAFFORD, OF QUECHEE. 



The high nature of man was, as declared by the Psahnist, 

 " created but a little lower than the angels, and crowned with 

 glory and honor." As distinguished from the brute, he has 

 a will and mind to control the nature of his surroundings, 

 and is, in a sense, sovereign of his own destiny, and has rest- 

 ing upon him the high command to subdue even the earth. 



How must a man rise in his own dignity who feels him- 

 self intrusted with such responsibilities ! ISo mean shed, 

 barely sufficient to cover himself and family from the 

 storms and the extremes of heat and cold, will answer his 

 higli condition. The language of the Bible exliausts itself 

 in its attempts to portray what has been done for the soul. 

 " Eye hath not seen nor ear heard," is its language. " In 

 my Father's house are many mansions. I go to prepare a 

 place for you." If, then, so much has been done for the 

 soul, surely something should be done for tlie body. The 

 farmer is not confined to some little strip of land like the 

 denizens of our cities or villages, not large enough for our 



