PART FOURTH. 



EUEAL AECHITECTURE-LANDSCAPE GAEDENING-MAEEET GAEDENDIG" 

 FAEMEES' GAEDENS-AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. 



CHAPTER XIX. 



RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 



ARM BUILDINGS are, in a sense, the measure of the 



farmer's thrift ; for the farmer who " makes his farm 



pay" will see to it that his comfortable house and 



capacious barns give evidence of his prosperity. The 



House is often the last object of >he farmer's care, but it should 



be the first ; for though he is not much in it, his wife and 



children are, and if he has due regard for them he will see that 



every thing about the house is as comfortable and convenient 



as his means will allow him to make it. 



Any thing that will lessen the labors or increase the comfort 



of his wife, any thing that will increase the attractions of his 



i'HoME to his children, is worthy of his careful attention. 



The location should be the most convenient, healthful, and 



pleasant spot on the place, well set back from the road, and if 



possible near a lake, brook, river, or never failing spring of 



water. A house near the public highway is subject to many 



anoyances, which can be avoided only by setting it back three 



Dr four hundred yards. 



The Foundation should not be slighted in any respect. Lay- 



ng the timbers on boards is a miserable practice. Make the 



'oundation strong, going below frost with the excavation for 



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