1855. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



417 



Interior Arraxgejlent. 



The front door, over which 

 is a single sash-light across, 

 opens into a hall or entrj' 9 

 by 7 feet, from which a door 

 opens on either side into a 

 sitting-room and parlor, each 

 16 by 15 feet, hghted by a 

 double, plam window, at the 

 ends, and a single two-sash 

 window in front. Between 

 the entrance door and stove 

 are in each room a small 

 pantry or closet for dishes, 

 or otherwise, as may be re- 

 quired. The chimney stands 



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GKOUND PLAN. 



in the centre of the house, with a separate flue 

 for each front room, into which a thimble is in- 

 serted to receive the stovei)i])es by wliich they 

 are warmed; and from the imier side of these 

 rooms each has a door passing to the kitchen, or 

 chief n\-ing room. This last apartment is 22 by 15 

 feet, with a broad fireplace containing a crane, hooks 

 and trammel, if required, and a s])acious familj' ov- 

 en — affording those homely and jirimitive comforts 

 still so dear to many of us who are not ready to 

 concede that all the virtues of the present day are 

 combined in a "perfection cooking stove," and a 

 "patent" heater; although there is a chance for 

 these last, if they should be adopted into the peace- 

 ful atmos])here of this kitchen. 



On one side of the kitchen, in rear of the stairs, 

 is a bedroom, 9 by 8 feet, with a window in one 

 corner. Adjoining that, is a buttery, dairy-room, or 

 closet, 9 by G feet, also ha\-ing a window. At the 

 inner end of the stiiirway is the cellar jjassage ; at 

 the outer end is the chamber passage, lancUng above 

 in the highest ])art of the roof story. Oi)])osite tlie 

 chamber stairs is a door leading to the wash-room. 

 Between the two windows, on the rear side of the 



kitchen, is a sink, with a waste pipe passing out 

 through the wall. At the further corner a door 

 opens into a snug bedroom 9 by 8 feet, hghted by 

 a window in rear; and adjoining this is a side entry 

 leading from the end door, 9 by 6 feet in area ; thus 

 making every room in the house accessible at once 

 from the kitchen, and giving the greatest possible 

 convenience in both hnng and house-work. 



The roof stoiy is partitioned into convenient-sized 

 bedrooms ; the ceiling running down the pitch of 

 the roof to within two feet of the floor, unless they 

 are cut short bj- umer partitions, as they are in the 

 largest chamber, to give closets. The open area in 

 the centre, at the head of the stairs, is hghted by a 

 small gable window inserted in the roof, at the rear, 

 and serves as a lumber room ; or, if necessary, a 

 bed may occupy a part of it. 



In rear of the main dwelhng is a building 44 by 

 16 feet, occupied as a wash-room and wood-house. 

 The wash-room floor is let down eight inches below 

 the kitchen, and is 16 by 14 feet, in area, hghted 

 by a window on each side, with a chimney, in which 

 is set a boiler, and fireplace, if desired, and a sink in 

 the corner adjoining. This room is 1\ feet in 

 height. A door passes from this wash-room into 

 the wood-house, which is 30 by 16 feet, open in 

 front, with a water-closet in the further comer. 



The cellar S&lh feet m height — and is the whole 

 size of the house, laid with good stone wall, m 

 hme mortar, with a flight of steps leachng outside, 

 in rear of the kitchen, and two or more sash-hght 

 windows at the ends. If not in a loose, gravelly, 

 or sandy soil, the cellar should be kept diy by a 

 drain leading out on to lower ground. 



The building beyond, and adjoining the wood- 

 house, contams a swill house 16 by 12 feet, with a 

 window in one end ; a chimney and boiler m one 

 corner, with storage for swill barrels, grain, meal, 

 potatoes, &c., for feechng the pigs, which are in the 

 adjoining pen of same size, A\ith feechng trough, 

 place for sleeping, i&c., and having a window in one 

 end and a door m the rear, leading to a yard. 



Adjoining these, in front, is a workshop and tool- 

 house, 16 by 10 feet, with a Avuidow at the end, 

 and an entrance door near the wood house. In 

 tliis is a joiner's work-bench, a chest of workuig 

 tools, such as saw, hammers, augers, (S:c., &:c., nec- 

 essary for repairing implements, doing little rough 

 jobs, or other wood work, &:c., which e^•ery farmer 

 ought to do for liimself ; and also storing liis hoes, 

 axes, shovels, hammers, and other small farm im- 

 plements. In this room he will find abundant 

 rainy-day employment in repairing his utensils of 

 various kinds, makmg his beehives, hencoops, &:c., 

 &c. Next to this is the wagon-house, 16 by 14 

 feet, Avith broad doors at the end, and harness pegs 

 around the walls. 



The posts of this building are 10 feet lu'gh ; the 

 rooms eight feet high, and a low chamber over- 

 head for storing lumber, grain, and other articles, 

 as may be required. Altogether, these sevei^al 

 apartments make a very complete and desirable 

 accommodation to a man with the pi-operty and oc- 

 cu])ation for which it is intended. 



On one side and adjoining the house, should be 

 the garden, the clotlies-yard, and the bee-house, 

 which last should always stivnd in full sight, and 

 facing the most frequented room — say tiie kitchen 

 — that they can be seen daily during the swarming 

 season, as those performing household duties may 

 keep them in view. — dllcn's Ruriil drckitedure. 



