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THE FARMERY. 



[Chap. III. 



"\Vc do not give this as a superlatively excellent plan of a fann-liouse 

 but one that would 1)C convenient, comfortable, inexpensive, and capable of 

 being erected in two or three parts, if necessary, at ditferent periods, and 

 upon the cheap plan described in No. 350. 



The advantage tliat wo claim for this over some otlier plans is, that if 

 built in parts, at difierent periods, according to the circumstances of tlie 

 proprietor, each portion may be made to appear, and serve the purpose of, a 

 complete house. Thus, the part 24: by 3i feet, with the little wings, one 

 forming lialf tlio parlor, and the other the piazza, will be a neat looking 

 house, and a comfortable one for a small family ; using the sitting-room as a 

 kitchen, and one bed-room as a pantry. Then the dining-room, kitchen, 

 wash-room, etc., might be added, one at a time, as ability or necessity 

 prompts. Or, the part containing the kitchen, could be built first, and 

 would make a tolerable house by itself. 



Anotlier advantage of the plan is, that the rooms are all light and airy ; 

 every room, except one small bedroom, has windows upon two or more sides, 

 and the whole house will appear to every passer-by, as though built for use, 

 rather than show. It is a great convenience to have a house so constructed 

 tliat strangers can find some other than the front door entrance. 



Tlie space in front of the piazza should be a plat of shrubbery, which 

 would form a partial screen, and in front of that the flower garden. Tlicre 

 maj- 1)0 a door out of the dining-room into a garden upon that side. 



In arranging the plan of this house, the object has been to place the least 

 used rooms in the house, the parlor and spare bed-rooms, upon the right and 

 left-hand side of the hall, as you enter the front door from tlie portico. At 

 tlie other end of the hall is the family room, and large and small bed-room. 

 Tlie stairway is situated, not for show in the hall, but convenient to all parts 

 of the house, running up at a right angle from the hall, between the sitting- 

 room and spare bed-room. The sitting-room is situated in the centre of the 

 house, convenient to all the rooms, warm in winter, airy in summer, and 

 easy of approach. If the ground suits, you may drop tlie L floor two feet 

 below the main part, and set projecting beyond that part six feet, it allows a 

 window there, and breaks the force of the wind upon that end of the sitting- 

 room, and also gives room at the other end for a window and glass door out 

 upon the large piazza. The common entrance to the house will be upon that 

 piazza, and from that into the sitting-room, dining-room, or kitchen. 



There was a plan, published by G. C. House, of Lowville, N. Y., in the 

 Country Gentleman, so novel in its form, and apparently so convenient, 

 that we consider it worthy a notice in this connection. The following is 

 what he says of his plan. 



" In the plan submitted, we flatter ourselves that some improvements 

 have been reached, when we take into consideration convenience, space, 

 accessibility, the ease with which the hot air passages from the furnace can 

 be arranged for so many rooms, all within a few feet of the body of the fur- 

 nace ; and each door within a few steps of the main stair-case. From the 



