THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR. 



place oven, &c. E, 15 by 18 feet ; bctl room, F, 10 by 15 feet ; I'anlry, G, 8 by 10 i'eet ; and stair- 

 way, 3by 10 feet; back entry, M, 34 by 10 feet; iiiinip room, 1, 11 l.y 14 feet ; piiiiip, P. The oth- 

 er Bccotnmodations are, vat house with boilers, J, 11 by 14 ; viits, ii, h, c ; granary, K, 12 by 14 jeet; 

 tool house and work shop, L, 15 by 14 ibet ; wood house, M, 24 l\v 14 feet ; stair way to the attic, 

 e,3 by 14 feet ; passage way, N, privy, O, 10 by 6 feet ; pigse'T. I', 10 by 14 feet ; store piggery, Q, 

 10 by 13 feet; watering shed, R, 10 by 20 feet ; with trough, a, and conductor fioni pump shewed 

 by dotted lines flirough the vat house ; poultry houses, S & T, 10 by 6 feet, each ; cattle stalls, U,U, 

 12by 36 feet; vat in the barn yard sunk to the level of the ground, U, 12 feet deep and 10 feet 

 square ; cattle stalls, o o o ; horse stalls, s s s ; passage way, r ; barn floor, t ; barn cellar, W, 12 by 

 14 feet, 8 feet deep ; barn doors, u u : windows, v vv ; barn drain, a a, leading into vat by the drain, 

 c; barn, 40 by 60 feet; wing sheds, 12 by 12 feet; main out-building, 20 by 64 feet. 



In the house the cellar way is under the back stairs ; a door might open into tlie entry from the 

 cellar way, for the convenience of storing or taking out articles from the cellar. There might be a 

 rolling way or outside cellar door on the southerly or easterly side of the house, to receive heavy 

 aiticles into the collar Thepaihn jnd -.ittin<> loom aie each ^iipplitd «itli clostt= under the front 

 entry sUuis Space uiU be found m tin ^koiuI floor foi clothe'- piebM>, ^c 



Fig. 2d is a bird's eye vie 

 Cotulruciion. — The piazza on the front is 

 iclosing the ends. If the liou.se is 



' OF THE WHOLE OF THE BUILDINGS. 



ipported by four turned columns, and two ante cor- 

 ated with a southern aspect, the close ends will break 

 off easterly storms and cold winds : the front door is finislied with side lights extending to the floor, 

 and will give abundance of light to the entry and stair way. The coinmniiicalion between the 

 front chambers must be by coming down to "the broad stairs and rising again. This is not objec- 

 tionable, because there are other communications with the same rooms. It will be seen by a glance 

 at the elevation, that the bain yard is wholly enclosed by the sheds and other buildings. In anorth- 

 eri4-«limate, this manner ot yarding cattle is very desirable, as it mu.st promote the comfort, and 

 consequently the health of the animals on the farm. This yard can be enlarged ti) any extent with 

 a trifling expense. The piggeries and poultry houses adjoin the yard, and may be let into it, or 

 setoff apart as occasion may require. The watering shed is conveniently located, both for cattle 

 and for their attendants. The pump is not exposed to the weather, and need not be stopped by 

 the frost. The vat house is supplied with two boilers and three large vats, to prepare the food for 

 hogs and other animals. A conductor runs through it to convey water to the watering trough. 

 The granary is supplied with bins and is conveniently placed in relation to house, bani, or out- 

 houses. Work shop and tool house opens upon the end, rendering it easy of access foi the storage 

 of tools. Cattle sheds are supported by two posts each, and open to the farm by doors on each 

 wing. The stalls and the construction of the bai-n will be a subject for a future number in detail. 



Situation. — This plan is particularly calcula- 

 ted for a level spot of ground on an elevated siic. 

 The arrangement is close and compact, and «ill 

 appear orderly, yet picturesque. Most people 

 would be anxious to surround the house with 

 large trees; but it would be advisable tojilace the 

 large trees in the rear of all the buildings and 

 surround the house witli low shrubbery, but not 

 too near. Neitheris it advisable to plant creep- 

 ing vines around the piazza, as they encourage 

 the growth of insects, and produce dampness. 

 S. OILMAN, Architect. 



Manchester, N. H. 



From the Magazine of Horticulture. 

 An arcount of the method of planting and manag- 

 ing PEACH ORCHARDS, as practised in jYeic Jer- 

 sey. By T. Hancock, nurseryman , Burling- 

 ton, N. J. 



The peach tree is very extensively cultivated 

 throngliont New Jersey, and large quantities of 

 rh( liuit IK aiiMudIv suit to the New York and 

 1 In! idt Iphi I nnik( t'- bince the opening of the 

 ( onmiunication In i ail load between those two 

 (itii-, thiough the infciior of the State, it has 

 been the mean- of gicatly increasing the number 

 ol peach OK hduK, and many large and extensive 

 pi intations h.ive b( » n made. Within a few 

 Mai- liomthe ii neased facilities of rapid and 

 -lie tnii-poitntion by lail road, between Boston, 

 I'lovidtnci, and Stonin^ton, the eastern cities 

 lm\ebcin supplied, to a \ cry great extent, with 

 New Jersey peaches, and the opening of such a 

 market has induced cultivators to plant more ex- 

 tensively, in order to supply the demand. The 

 crop proves a very profitable one for the light 

 soils of a portion of the State, as the trees flourish 

 very well where the land is not sufKcieutly good 

 to produce but a very few bnsliels ofcorn to the 



If the (ew following remarks, in relation to our 

 mode of cultivating the peach, will interest your 

 readers, you can give them a jilace in your pages. 

 I have an orchard of some extent' and have, iu 

 some seasons, gathered a very large crop. 



When it is intended to plant out a good orch- 

 ard of trees, we generally select an elevated po- 

 sition, entirely unprotected by any timber or shel- 

 ter of any kind ; if a situation can be selected 

 near the bank of a river, the crop is more certain, 

 as the trees better willistJinH tl.u <\-n^t, >..i,;oi. „o 

 casionaliy does much damage. 



Plough, and put the land in good condition for 

 corn or vegetables, and plant the trees twenty 

 j feet apart each way. Continue to till the land, 

 taking off a crop of peas, beans, potatoes, or some- 

 thing that docs not grow too high ; wlieat, rye, 

 and oats are very injurious, and should not be 

 planted. The land must not remain without 

 tillage, as the trees would sooivbe injured, indeed, 

 nothing will kill a fine peach orchard sooner than 

 to let it lie in sward. 



The trees should be two years old on the stock, 

 (fi-oni seed,) and one year from the bud, (the year 

 after budding.) This is considered as the best 

 age for tansporting. If the water stands near the 

 surface of the soil, or if the land has springs near 

 the ground. I should not deem it advisable to plant 

 with the exception of very certain crops. I have 

 lost two orchards, planted in this manner, while, 

 in an adjoining field, where t'le land, or a part of 

 it, was high, with a dry subsoil, the trees flourish- 

 ed, and produced abundant crops. 



Light sandy soil, or light loam we consider the 

 most preferable for planting out peach orchards, 

 and 1 should judge, that on many of the elevated 

 knolls, in the vicinity of Boston, the peach might 

 be cultivated to good advantage, parlicuiarly the 

 earlier varieties. It is at least worthy of trial. 

 Yours, respectfully, T. HANCOCK. 



Burlington, A''. J, Jan. 1841. 



We have already iiotiL'ed Mr. Hancock's nur- 

 sery, and given some account of his peach orch- 

 ards, (Vol. V.,p. 3G5.) In the season of 1839, when 

 wo passed through Burlington, the peach trees 

 were breaking down with the heavy crops. Mr. 

 Hancock's trees were literally loaded ; and so 

 fast did they ripen, that the ground under nearly 

 every tree that we noticed, was covered with fruit. 

 The orchard contained about seventeen acres, 

 and was covered with healthy trees, and the crop 

 was estimated at two thousand baskets (about 

 fifteen hundred bushels,) which commanded one 

 dollar and upwards a basket in the New York 

 market The land was a light saudy loam, and 



