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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



April 



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PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF A TARM COTTAGE. 



" The windows are all desiorned to be of jrood di- 

 mensions, and protected by wooden blinds. Towards 

 the top of each g-able end, there is a latticed window 

 for ventilation, which may be closed at pleasure in 

 stormy weather. 



" Under the entire floor of the main body of the 

 house, a cellar is intended, with walls and arches laid 

 in cement, to be entered by stairs from the dining 

 room, and by a six foot door way on the easterly side, 

 from without. Beneath the kitchen, there is also 

 another cellar, designed for storing wood or coal, en- 

 tered from the kitchen through a trap-door, and like- 

 wise by a passage, on the easterly side, from out- 

 doors. If circumstances require it, a dairy, or milk 

 cellar may also be constructed under the dining room, 

 and lighted, or ventilated, by windows at each side 

 of the house. 



"The whole building is designed to be protected 

 from lightning by aTialf-incli copper roi, 48 feet in 

 length, erected at the gable end near the back parlor 

 window, and secured in its place by means of wooden 

 props, extending from the roof. 



"In the groimd plan, H denotes the front lobby, or 

 hall, 7 feet wide, including the front stairs. 



P, a double parlor, 14 by 28 feet, with folding 

 doors communicating with the front lobby, or hall. 

 Either, or both these parlors might be used as sleep- 

 ing apartments, should circumstances require. 



L, a room communicating with the front lobby, or 

 hall, 11 by 12 feet, with a closet 4 feet square, and 

 may be used for a library, office, living room, or nur- 

 Bery, according to the taste or wants of the occu- 

 pant. 



B, a bed room, designed for the head of the family, 

 11 by 12 feet, with a closet 4 feet square, and com- 

 municating with the library and dining room. 



D, the dining room, 14 by 20 feet, communicating 

 with the front lobby, II ; the back entry, E, and the 

 eellar at S. 



K, the kitchen, 12 by 20 feet, communicating with 

 the dmmg room by the back entry E, and a sliding 

 wmdow in the pantry C ; with the wood cellar at d ; 

 and the back yard, by the steps S. 



E, the back entry, 4 by 4 feet, communicating with 



the verandah, kitchen, dining room, and the back- 

 garret stairs. 



V, the vault, 5 by 6 feet, communicating with the 

 verandah by a passage under cover, 3 feet wide. 



C, C, C, closet, or pantries. 



S, S, S, S, stair ways, or steps. 



c, kitchen and dining-room chimney. 



d, trap-door, covering the wood-cellar stairs. 

 I, the lightning conductor. 



PLAN OP THE GROUND FLOOR. 



"The reader will bear in mind, that the dimensions 

 of a house, built on the foregoing plan, may vary in 

 size, or may be constructed of bricks or stone, as may 

 best suit the taste, ability and wants of the occupant ; 

 but the position, in regard to tlio sun, and the gene- 

 ral arrangement, may be the same." 



