FARM BUILDINGS. 



303 



IG. 85. 



venient size. It should especially contain a cool, airy and 



FIG. 86. 



spacious dairy room, entirely free from access by any foul 

 air from any direction ; unless the owner prefers one inde- 

 pendent of the house, over a clear 

 spring or cool rivulet, where, par- 

 tially protected from the sun by a 

 sheltering bank, half buried in the 

 earth, and made, as it should be, of 

 , stone, the cool atmosphere within 

 will afford the best safeguard against 

 flies and other insects, and preserve 

 FlQ 87 the butter and cheese in the finest 



condition. 



Stone or brick are the best materials for dwellings, as 

 they are cooler in summer and warmer in winter ; and if 

 comfort be the object of the farmer's toil, there is certainly 

 no place^where it should be sooner consulted or more amply 

 provided for, than in his own home. A naked, scorching 



