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THE FARM. 



s, water-pipe Bhould be brought. The firat story of this cottage is 10 feet, 

 and the second story 5 feet, on the sides, and 8 feet in the middle of the 

 rooms. The pitch of the roof is a right angle. The cost of this cottage, with 

 the interior neatly finished and painted in oil color, and the two principal 

 rooms grained and varnished like oak, and their walls papered with suitable 

 paper — all the other rooms having brown walls whitewashed — would be 

 about $800. r» 



An Ornamental Connta-y Cottage._We give on pages 13 and 14 illus- 

 trations of a plan and elevation of a cheap, but very ornamental, country 

 cottage, which will bo found both convenient and comfortable for a small 

 family. If this plan is not extensive enough to meet your wants, it can be 

 easily enlarged upon by making additions, or by enlarging the size of the 



whole plan, and thus in- 

 creasing the dimensions of 

 the rooms. This, however, 

 would necessarily add to 

 the cost of construction. 

 The cottage, as shown in 

 our Ulustratiou, presents a 

 very aristocratic appear- 

 ance, and, considering the 

 small amount of money re- 

 quired for its construction, 

 is, we think, a very desii-- 

 able plan for a cheap and 

 good dwelhng-house. The 

 dimensions of the rooms on 

 the ground floor are plainly 

 given in our second illush-a- 

 tion. The porch, with its 

 seat, is large and roomy; 

 the living-room is of good 

 size, well lighted by a 

 square bay-window. The 

 kitchen is well sujiplied 

 with closets. The first floor 

 could be very much im- 

 proved by adding a one-story kitchen at the rear, making the living-room 

 into a parlor, and the kitchen into a dining and sitting-room; the additional 

 cost would be very small. The secoud floor contains three bedrooms, very 

 conveniently arranged, and each pi-ovided with a closet. The t.wo down- 

 stairs rooms and the largo front bedroom are supplied with open fire-places, 

 the value of which for ventilation is so often overlooked in cheap lionses. 

 Besides this, there should be ventilating tubes or shafts in the chunuey 

 sides, with registers opening from each room, thus insuring a good system 

 of ventilation. The roof should be veutilated by openings under the pro- 

 jected eaves. The estimated cost of this building ia from $1,200 to $1,800, 

 according to locality and style of finish. 



Oeneral Susgesiions to Those Intending t« Iliiihl. — The following 

 excellent recommendations are from the Amn-i<'<t7i JInmr and Fami ('ijdo- 

 picdin: Farmers can atford to leave cellar-kit^-hens, basements, third stories, 

 and all other unnecessary stwir-cUmbing devices to their city couainu, who 



AN INEXPENSIVE COTTAGE. — GROUND PLAN. 



