THE GEXESEE FARMER. 



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PLAN OF A FARM COTTAGE. 



TuE rooms in tliis plan for a small farm kouse are 

 of the most common description, to wit : a parlor, 

 a living-room or kitchen, a pantiy, and a bed-room, 

 ou the first floor; and three bed-rooms, with closets, 

 on the second. Although micommon in its form and 

 arrangement, this cottage is thought to be more than 

 ordinarily convenient, as well ;xs unique in expression. 



GROCXD PLAN'. 



H, h:iU or entrance; P, parlor; L, living-room or kitchen; B; 

 Ijeti-.-^om ; P, pantry, with shelves ; f, piiucipal ehimnev ; A, par- 

 lor chimuer. 



In this design the parlor is 13| feet square, inside 

 measure; the kitchen, 13^ bv lt!| ; the bed-room, 

 which has a small closet, \'c>\ by 9; the pantnr, 6j 

 bv 8|; the hall or entrance, ~i\ square; the passage, 

 2 feet 3 inches wide, and the stairs 2 feet 3 inches. 

 The bed-rooms in the second story are of the same 

 size as the three lower rooms, and directly over them. 

 The space over the pantry affords room for two good- 



sized closets. The parlor chimney ascends only to 

 the chamber floor, and a pipe runs from it across* the 

 passage to the main chimney. The rear gable is of 

 the same height as the two front ones, bul the roof 

 is less steep, inasmuch as the back part is wider than 

 the front parts. The wood-house should stand 20 

 feet in. the rear of the building. 



The cost of materials and labor vary so much in 

 different location;? that it seems needless to attempt 

 giving an estimate of the expense. It will vary, 

 however, from §500 to SSOO, depending upon style 

 of fuiish, cost of material, <S:c., and is therefore within 

 the means of all. 



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The GKorNT)xrT Trade. — An English paper says : 

 " We are told in the daily papers that the trade in 

 groundnuts has become one of very great importance 

 in Western Africa, the barbarous tribes there having 

 taken to cultivating their land instead of occupying 

 themselves with slave-hunting. It is said that nine 

 hundred thousand bushels of this commodity have 

 been received in the present year; that the trade has 

 increased of late at the rate of twenty per cent, per 

 annum, and that the amount is still rising." 



Does Maxtre Sink ix the Soil ? — Mr. Mechi 

 states that " so dense a fluid as liquefied manure will 

 filter deeply (five feet) through the hea\-iest clays, 

 and flow from the pipes in streams." And yet some 

 writers tell us that manure never sinks in the soil, 

 and others that it " remains about where it is placed." 

 We have seen the eflect of the soakings of a manure 

 heap four feet below the surface, in compact earth. — 

 Boston Cultivator. 



To divert at any time a troublesome fancy, run to 

 thy books: they presently fix thee to them, and drive 

 the other oiit of thy thoughts. They always receive 

 thee with the same kindness. 



