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NEW ENGLAND FAEMER. 



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DESIGN FOB, A SMALL FAKM-HOUSE AND BARN. 



We take great pleasure in presenting the read- 

 ers of the Farmer with another of the just and 

 beautiful designs of our accomplished artist, Mr. 

 G. E. Hahney. We have had it executed espe- 

 cially for these columns, and cannot doubt that its 

 appreciation by our readers will amply compen- 

 sate us for the considerable sum which it has cost. 



What can be more truthful and attractive than 

 this picture ! How delightfully everything is ar- 

 ranged. How easy of access, how unpretending, 

 and yet how many of the wants of a home, those 

 little things that go so far to make up the sub- 

 stantial comforts of life, are supplied ! How soft 



is the drapery of leaves and spray that shades and 

 partially hides the buildings in the summer, or 

 shelters them from the winter winds ! The beau- 

 tiful has much to do with our happiness, after ai., 

 and the beautiful home, the dwellings and their 

 suiToundings, must always have an important in- 

 fluence upon the family. Such a home will be re- 

 membered, and cherished, and visited by those 

 whom business or other causes have compelled or 

 induced to leave it, when a common and uninvit- 

 ing homestead would be utterly forgotten. This, 

 that we present to-day, is one of the loveliest ru- 

 ral pictures we have ever seen. 



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PLAN OF GROUND ILOOR, 



