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GENESEE FARMER. 



Jan. 



PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF FARM HOUSE, (Fig. 3.) 



Design for a Farm House. 



To DESIGN a farm house, in which beauty 

 and utility shall combine, is not a difficult task ; 

 but to design one that shall meet the wants, suit 

 the taste, and come within the means of the 

 mass of farmers, is quite another affair. There 

 are many families who would consider a house 

 complete if it alForded sufficient room for work- 

 ing and lodging, wid the addition of a parlor. 

 Others would think it very deficient if it did not 

 contain, beside these, a library, dining room, 

 nurser}', and bathing room. 



In the first place, the size of the family, and 

 the kind and quantity of labor to be performed, 

 should be taken into consideration. If there 

 are a number of small children, it is very im- 

 portant that there should be a nursery upon the 

 first floor, connected with a bathing room, and 

 as near the dining room and kitchen as possible, 

 that the mother may bo spared all unnecessary 

 steps in attending to her duties in these several 

 departments. A small library is another diside- 

 ratum ; and a bathing room should be considered 

 indispensable. 



If but a small dairy is kept, time and labor 

 may be saved by having suitable rooms for milk 

 and cheese, as it is very unpleasant passing to 



and from a dairy house in bad weather. (The 

 soil and situation must determine the place for 

 a milk room ; ^eyf cellars are sufficiently dry 

 and airy for that purpose.) 



In this design I think I have secured all these 

 conveniences without covering too much ground; 

 and the rooms are so arranged that they may be 

 used to suit the tastes or meet the wants of the 

 occupant, without abridging their convenience. 

 If a spacious parlor is wanted, it can be had by 

 throwing the two large rooms into one. The 

 library and hall could be thrown together in the 

 same way, whenever the former is not needed 

 for more private purposes. I would also have 

 folding doors for the nursery, for convenience 

 in case of sickness, or to be thrown open in 

 warm weather. The library, (if one is not de- 

 sired) would make a very commodious bed room 

 for children, as it communicates with the nur- 

 sery. 



As my main object has been to save labor, by 

 securing convenience, the underground kitchen 

 is intended only for washing and doing other 

 heavy and dirty work for the farm. It could, 

 however, be used as a common kitchen, if the 

 room in the wing should be desired exclusively 

 for * dining room. 



The house is designed for the use of a hot 



