508 INDIANA HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS 



to their pursuits of life, has placed them in the scale of 

 society in this country. 



At some future time, in our new periodical, The Plow, 

 we will take another stroll together through some of the 

 other New York markets, and perhaps through those of 

 some other city. Solon Robinson. 



An Old-Fashioned New England Farm House. 



[New York American Agriculturist, 10:368-69; Dec, 1851] 



[November ?, 1851] 



In our last number I gave you an insight into the 

 fanner's kitchen. Now let us walk out into the balmy 

 air of the following morning and look at the exterior of 

 this happy abode. 



It is only one story, but the gambrel roof gives ample 

 space in the chamber for lodging-rooms. It is 32 by 48 

 feet on the ground, with a projection at one end for a 

 dairy room — an important point never lost sight of by a 

 thriving farmer. In front there are two rooms, each 16 

 by 18 feet, with a front door opening into an entry be- 

 tween, behind which, and occupying about twelve feet 

 square, stands the huge stone chimney, right in the cen- 

 ter of the house. The kitchen is 16 by 24 feet, with a 

 fire place of most ample dimensions. At one end is a 

 bed room and pantry, at the other the chamber and cellar 

 stairs, a bedroom and long entry to the end door, or one 

 of common entrance. The well is within a rod of the 

 back kitchen door, and the garden a few rods beyond. 



About forty feet from the end door is the remains of 

 the great wood-pile of last winter ; for in those good old 

 times, every New England farmer made it a point to get 

 up wood enough in sledding time to last through the year. 

 Two of the boys are hard at work before breakfast, pre- 

 paring oven-wood. Another is feeding the hogs, and the 

 fourth has gone after the oxen to have them ready to 

 start into the field as soon as breakfast is over. The 

 hired men are in the orchard saving time by saving a 



