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be allowed to insist upon this in vain. Varuisliing wood will make tlie paint 

 last longer, and saves incalculable elbow grease in house-cleaning. 



Shingles of cedar will last from thirty to forty years, and thi)se of pine 

 from twelve to twenty years. 



In the arrangenieut of out-bnildings, the following relative proxinnty will 

 be found convenient: Firet, the house; attached to that the kitchen-wing, 

 ■with wood-house ai)pended; then, at a little disllnce, the privy, carriage- 

 house, and worlvshop, with pig-sty and ponltry-honso adjoined. 



Stone and brick walls should always be furred off, leaving an air space 

 between the stonework and jjlastcring throughout the entire Wall, and opeu- 



AN OiiNAIMENTAI, Ct)UNTllY COTTAUK.— GlKHilND TLAN 



ing into the attic. This prevents dampness, and insures an equable tern 

 perature. .Brick houses must liave a slate, sheet-cojjper, or tarred paper 

 cut-oflf inserted in the foundation just below the water-shed, as otherwiao 

 the moistiire of the gi'uuud ia worked up by the brick, kceinng the walls con- 

 stantly damp. 



Frame houses may be made much warmer and more comfortaldo than 

 they usually arc by covering the studding with tongued and grooved 

 sheathing, and this in turn by tarred l)nilding paper, jilaciiig the woatlier 

 boarding over the whole. Fit the sheathing and woatlier boarding closely 

 around door and whulow-franu's, and let the tarred paper lap over u, Uttl* 

 where tliero ia likely to bo a crack, 



