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all the family ; this is (a). All the bufi- 

 nefa of brewing, baking, waHiing, fcald- 

 ing the dairy things, &c, is executed in 

 one fmall room ; this is (c), which opens 

 into both kitcb.en and dairy for conveni- 

 ence. The dairy (b), is a room to itfclf. 

 This is the cafe with mcft farm-houfes in 

 larger ones that have a fpare parlour ; it is 

 not ufed thrice a year — and in many which 

 I have Teen, is not even furniflied. 



It mufl be obvious, from a very flight 

 glance at the above fketch, that the ex- 

 pence of building fuch a hcufe is trifling ; 

 how different from the coftly edifices we 

 fee erecled on fmall farms, when con- 

 dueled by flewards who have been ufed to 

 old pra61:ices, or by builders who make 

 a job of every thing that paiTes through 



their hands by family carpenters, who 



are left to bring in their bill ! 



A good farmer will always view the 

 buildings around the farm -yard with more 

 attention than the dwelling houle : and 

 he ought there to have no reafonable ex- 

 pence fpared, becaufe he can afford to pay 

 rent for it ; which is not the cafe with an 

 expenfive houfe. Another circumflance to 

 be confidered by thofe who cbje6i to fuch 



a farm- 



