g54 ROCK COUNTY, WISCONSIN. 



mares, bred to Clydesdale stallions. When five years old my 

 horses will weigh about 1,300 pounds, and are well suited for 

 plowing in our heavy soils. Two horses of this breed will plow 

 my hardest ground, and are well fitted for all other farm work; 

 My barn is 36x60 in size, with underground stables, which 

 are ventilated by air holes through the wall all round under 

 the ceiling. 



B. S. HOXIE, 



COOKSVILLE, ROCK COUNTY. 



A Model Dwelling House. 

 FARM BUILDINGS. 



In my experience as a builder for more than twenty-five 

 years, it is pleasing to note the change in the construction of 

 farm buildings. The barn, from being a rough, unpainted 

 structure, has grown to be something which has required some 

 thought in its plan and details, as well as beauty in its adorn- 

 ments. And the house with the dreary, four square walls, 

 enclosing kitchen, "square " room, buttery, and bedroom, with 

 its low chambers for sleeping room, and cold enough in 

 Winter to nearly freeze one's life out, has had its day, and yet 

 there is room for improvement, both in construction and orna- 

 mentation. 



I have read somewhere that one of the ancient law-givers 

 of Greece, made it a penal offence for any one to construct a 

 dwelling which should be void of beauty and harmony in its 

 proportions. If this law had been in force until our day, we 

 should not see so many barn-shaped, ill-looking structures, 

 called dwelling houses. 



THE HOME. 



The house is the most important feature in the landscape, 

 and should stand on the most commanding site of the farm, 

 and be constructed with reference to other buildings which 



