524 now TO MAKE THE FABM PAY. f 



frame and nail plank siding on, up and down. The planks 

 should be of about equal width. Batten inside and out with 

 inch stuffthree inches wide. To the inside batten nail the lath. 



A .good cellar is the most cheaply constructed of any apart- 

 ment in the house, and the others will see little comfort without 

 it. The cellar bottom should be laid in cement or gravel. 

 Gravel and tar floors are not only good for cellars, but for 

 stables and walks. 



The right way to make these floors is as follows : — Take a 

 sufficient quantity of small stones, one or two inches in diame- 

 ter, put them in a pile, and pour over them enough coal tar to 

 coat them all, mixing them meanwhile with a shovel ; then 

 spread them over the floor, and rake to a level. They should 

 make the floor about three inches thick. Now a quantity of 

 coarse gravel should be coated with the tar, which can be done 

 by pouring in a pile, making a hole in the top of it, pouring in 

 the tar, and mixing with a shovel. There should be enough 

 coal tar to coat both the stones and gravel, but no more, as it 

 would require more time for the floor to harden. The gravel 

 should be spread over the stones two inches thick. The whole 

 should then be rolled with a heavy stone roller, till the floor is 

 perfectly compact. The corners, where the roller cannot be 

 used, should be beaten down with a mall. While the rolling, 

 and mailing is going on the surface should be strewn ovei 

 broadcast with fine gravel or sand, to take up the surplus tarj 

 This process should continue till the surface is too dry to sticl 

 to one's shoes in walking over it. This kind of floor is watel 

 proof, frost proof and rai proof, and is, therefore, the best of anj 

 The only objection to it, is that it emits a strong smell for some 

 lime ; but this smell is healthy, and also helps to keep rats clear 

 away from the barn or house. 



