1848. 



GENESEE FARMER. 



273 



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for the use of domestic ani- 

 mals. 



Directions in regard to 

 warming houses by funaces, 

 may be found in works rela- 

 ting to tlie subject, or may 

 be obtained from persons 

 engaged in their construc- 

 tion. There are various 

 modes, but my own experi 

 ence does not enable me to 

 decide upon their relative 

 advantages. 



In the construction of this 

 plan, it has been my object 

 to combine utility and beau- 

 ty, aa far as practicable with 

 tlie labor-saving pi-inciple. 

 In the arrangement of the 

 kitchen and dairy, particu- 

 larly, special regard has 

 been had to securing the 

 proper requisites for those 

 important departments with 

 the greatest practicable de- 

 gree of convenience. 



In constructing a dairy, 

 it is proper that such an ex- 

 cavation should be made as " 

 will leave the floor, which 

 should be made of stones, two or three feet below 

 the surrounding surface. The sides should be of 

 brick or stone, and plastered; the walls high, and 

 the windows made so as to shut out the light and 

 admit the air. The advantage of thorough ven- 

 tilation and pure air is acknowledged by every 

 one who has ever paid attention to the manufac- 

 ture of butter, though it is a matter generally too 

 little thought of, in the construction of apartments 

 for this purpose. It will be observed, that in the 

 plan herewith submitted, an open space of 2i feet 

 has been provided for on three sides of the dairy. 



To render the establishment as perfect as pos- 

 sible, the command of a good spring of water, 

 which may be conducted through the dairy room, 

 is necessary; when that cannot be had, an ice- 

 house in direct contact, (as in the accompanying 

 plan,) and a good well of water convenient, 

 form the best substitute. 



The expense of such a house in this vicinity 

 might be varied from $1,500 to i^SjOOO— accord- 

 ing to the style of finish, the taste and ability of the 

 owner, &c. The main conveniences may be 

 retained at the lowest estimate, by omitting the 

 ornamental front. M. W. Howard. 



The preceding plan, which we copy from the 

 Transactions, received the premium of the N. 

 Y. State Ag. Society, at the January meeting, 

 1843. We think the ground plan a very good 

 one, and a decided improvement upon m.any 

 which have been presented to the public. The 



.Ground Plan. 



Second Floor. 

 style of finish represented in the main view is 

 too expensive for the generality of farmers, but 

 that is a matter which can best be decided by the 

 builder — according to his taste and ability. 



In their report, the commiltee on Farm Buildings, say of 

 this design — "The ground plan gives an excellent and con- 

 venient arrangement, which could not be better described 

 than in the lady's own words. The committee would say 

 one word on the mode of warming houses by means of heat- 

 ed air from a furnace, which is adopted in the plan offered. 

 The same correct notions of conveniences and comforts, that 

 suggested in the plan many of its arrangements, also sug- 

 gests this most effectual, most economical and least danger- 

 ous method of throwing a summer heat into all parts of 

 even a large building. This supercedes all fires, excepting 

 that essential bed of living coals in the kitchen.' 



