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THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



The design of a farm cottage (Fig. 1, page 383) will meet 

 the wants of many who wish to build at a moderate expense. 



The style and finish can be 

 varied to suit the taste and 

 means of the owner. From 

 the hall you can reach all the 

 rooms on the ground floor, 

 and the arrangement of the 

 house gives the sun access to 

 every room. 



A Convenient Farm 

 House. Our illustrations 3, 

 4, and 5 show the elevation, 

 ground and second floor, of a 

 roomy and convenient farm 



FIG. 2. GROUND PLAN OF FARM COTTAGE. 



H, Hall. P, Parlor. B, Bedroom. L, Kitchen hoUSC. It IS SO arranged 



or Living Room. P, Pantry. H, Chimney. , . , . . 



Low bedrooms can be finished off above. that the SUn Shines into 



each room in the course of the day. The hall is entered 

 from the front piazza, and this hall gives access to the principal 

 rooms below, and by an easy flight of stairs to the sleeping 

 apartments above. The parlor has an octagonal bay-window 

 and a fire-place opposite. The kitchen has both doors and 

 windows on opposite sides. 



The Door Yard. It is useless to attempt to lay down a set 

 of rules for laying out or management of the grounds about a 

 farm dwelling. The size of yard, location, and style of house, 

 slope of the land, means of the owner, and many other ques- 

 tions must be understood before one can give intelligent advice 

 in the matter. Some hints, however, can be given, which may 

 prove of value to those with little experience. One common 

 error to be avoided is crowding too much into the grounds. 

 The wife is likely to want a plant of eyery handsome rose or 

 flowering shrub she sees, and they are set out here and there, 

 wherever there is a vacant space, and grow and spread till a 

 tangled thicket is formed, inaccessible to scythe or hoe, and in 

 which noxious weeds get a foothold, from which they spread 

 and gain possession of the yard. 



