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same entry, if wished. The bed-room, adjoining the 

 nursery, is covered with a lower roof, separate from the 

 rest of the roof, and corresponds with the roof of the 

 porch. 



The eaves are five feet above the second floor ; and 

 four feet additional rise in the roof, gives ample height for 

 the upper rooms, which may be six in number, and allow 

 sufficient space for closets. 



The dairy should occupy the coolest part of the cellar, 

 and be entirely separated from other parts by walls. 

 The best and cheapest material for the floor, is a coating 

 of two inches of water-lime mortar. 



The size of this house will appear too large to many, 

 but it is not larger than the houses of a large portion of 

 our farmers, after piecing and patching ; costs much less, 

 and appears far better. It is much easier to pass from 

 one room to another on the same level, than to pass a 

 flight of stairs ; hence the aim has been to have as many 

 of those in common use on the same floor. This also 

 contributes to economy in erection as calculation will 

 readily show. A one-story house, ten feet high and forty 

 feet square, will inclose 1600 feet of floor ; a two-story 

 house, twenty-eight and a half feet square and twenty 

 feet high, will also inclose 1600 feet; but the latter will 

 require 650 feet more of siding, which will cost more, 

 with painting, than the addition in shingling the former. 



A careful and liberal estimate, made from full bills of 

 costs of several houses actually erected by the writer, 

 places the cost of this building, if made plain, and of 

 wood, at about $1,400, at the average price of materials, 

 teaming, labor, etc., in central and western New- York. 

 This cheapness is owing principally to the cottage form, 

 compact arrangement, and the diminution of siding and 

 paint under the veranda. 



