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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Sept. 



cornices, and ornamental observatories, may appro- 

 priately have a place upon these structures. 



To prevent any injurious effects arising from 

 dampness on account of the absorption and reten- 

 tion of moisture by the walls, against all the out- 

 side wall, u])on the inside there should be furrmg, 

 done as is done in many brick buildings, and for the 

 same reason. Where oil mastic is used, the inside 

 plastering might be rendered directly upon the 

 walls, as the mastic, from its very nature, would 

 prevent the absorption of moisture. And some ex- 

 press a positive opuiion that where the stucco is 

 used, no mjurious effects woidd arise from damp- 



ness, even if the inside plastering were done upon 

 the walls. 



Upon the authority of Dr. Ramsdell, the cost of 

 these structures finished upon the outside mth stuc- 

 co m a plain manner, is not far from the cost of 

 common wood dwellings, or from $1,25 to $1,50 

 per square yard of the wall all finished. This price, 

 however, must vary some with the price of the Hme 

 in particular vicinities, and -vrith the facility with 

 wliich the sand and other materials could be ob- 

 tained. P. Ball. 



Worcester, 1855. 



DESIGN FOR A SMALL FAEM HOUSE. 



We here present a farm house of the simplest 

 and most unpretending kind, suitable for a farm of 

 twenty, fifty, or an hundred acres. Buildings some- 

 what in this style are not unfrequently seen in the 

 New England States, and in New York ; and the 

 plan is in fact suggested, although not copied, from 

 some farm houses which we have kno^vn there, with 

 improvements and additions of om- own. 



This house may be built either of stone, brick or 

 wood. The style is rather rustic than other-Rase, 

 and intended to be altogether plain, yet agreeable 

 in outward appearance, and of quite convenient ar- 

 rangement. The body of this house is 40 by 30 

 feet on the gi-ound, and 12 feet high, to the plates 

 for the roof; the lower rooms nine feet liigh ; the 

 roof intended for a pitch of 35° — but, by an error 

 in the dramng, made less — thus affording very tol- 

 erable chamber room in the roof story. The L, or 

 rear projection, containing the Avash-room and wood- 

 house, juts out two feet from the side of the house 

 to wliich it is attached, with posts 7i feet high above 



the floor of the main house ; the pitch of the roof 

 being the same. Beyond this is a building 32 by 

 24 feet, with 10 feet posts, partitioned off into a 

 svrill-room, piggery, workshop, and wagon-house, 

 and a like roof with the others. A hght, rustic 

 porch, 12 by 18 feet, with lattice work, is placed on 

 the front of the house, and another at the side door, 

 over which Aines, by way of drapery, may run ; thus 

 combining that sheltered, comfortable and home- 

 like expression so desirable in a rural dwelling. — 

 The chimney is cai'ried out in three separate flues, 

 sufficiently marked by the partitions above the roof. 

 The windows are hooded, or sheltered, to protect 

 them from the weather, and fitted Avith simple slid- 

 ing sashes, with 7 by 9 or 8 by 10 glass. Outer 

 blinds may be added, if required ; but it is usually 

 better to have these inside, as they are no ornament 

 to the outside of the building, are Hable to be driv- 

 en back and forth by the wind, even if fastenings 

 are used, and in any event are little better than a 

 continual annoyance. 



