1861. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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mings and base of the porch, parlor, sitting-room 

 and both front chambers to be ornamented with a 

 simple finish moulding, while throughout the rest 

 of the house they are to be perfectly plain. 



Doors. — The outside front door is to be in two 

 parts folding together, with the upper panels 

 glazed with a single plate each. The size is 4 ft. 

 by 8. All the principal inside doors are to meas- 

 ure 2 ft. 10 inches by 6 ft. lOin. and If in. thick. 

 The rest are 2 ft. 6 in. by 6 ft. 6 in., and If in. 

 thick, with a raised panel. ■. 



Windows. — All the windows are to be double 

 hung with pulleys and weights. The sashes are 

 to be of pine, glazed with best quality of German 

 glass, four panes to each window ; each pane in 

 the lower story to be 16 by 32 in., and in the 

 chambers 16 by 30 in. 



All the closets are to be fitted with shelves and 

 drawers or hooks for clothing. The pantry is to 

 have a sink with pump and cupboard, besides 

 shelves and hooks. 



Accommodation. — The vestibule— No. 1 on 

 the plan — is 6 ft. by 8 ft., and opens into No. 2, 

 the sitting-room and No. 3, the parlor, each meas- 

 uring 13 ft. by 14 ft., and connected together by 

 folding doors, so that when necessary both rooms 

 can be thrown into one large apartment, 13 ft. by 

 28 ft. 8 in. No. 4 is the kitchen, measuring 10 

 ft. by 15 ft. and furnished with two closets beside 

 the pantry. No. 7. (The door between the kitchen 

 and parlor ehould be omitted.) 



No. 5 is the dining-room, of the same size as 

 the kitchen, and provided with a good sized 

 china closet on the right of the chimney, while on 

 the left is a passage connecting it with the sit- 

 ting-room. 



The hall, No. 6, opens into the several rooms 



and out upon a gallery in the rear, from which 

 steps descend to the yard. 



The second floor contains four chambers, a 

 bathing-room and six large closets. 



Cost. — This house, built in the manner above 

 described, would cost in the neighborhood of 

 $1900. It has already been built for a less sum, 

 but the mechanic who contracted for the job, 

 would not build another for less than the sum 

 above named. 



For the Netc England Farmer. 

 ABMT "WOKM. 



In various parts of Maine and Massachusetts 

 we begin to hear of the depredations of the 

 army worm. It is to be hoped this new enemy 

 in your midst will be of short duration. We have 

 for years past, heard of its ravages with the cot- 

 ton plant at the South. Now the great and im- 

 portant point is, to learn where and from Avhence 

 it came ? At Danvers it appears in the barley 

 field of Benj. F. Porter, Esq. Then again, 100 

 miles east, at Biddeford, Maine ; then again, at 

 Bangor, 140 miles farther east. In the two lat- 

 ter places, it is not stated in the items of your 

 paper whether they appeared in grain fields or 

 elsewhere. The sudden appearance of this vermin 

 at points so distant, is marvellous, indeed, but be- 

 fore I close I will suggest a hint. 



We also learn that the "wheat midge," or louse, 

 has made a profuse onslaught on the spring 

 wheat. This should teach the wisdom of sowing 

 winter wheat without delay. The earlier it ripens 

 next year, the less liable to danger from insects 

 as well as rust. 



But, to the question of these new enemies in 

 my grain fields. Was the seed imported ? Did 

 it come from the Patent Office, the South, or the 

 West, or was it raised in your neighborhood ? 

 This is easily ascertained and worth investigating. 

 That the eggs, or j^itpcft of various insects may 

 be distributed the world over in seeds, there 

 can be no doubt. Hence the necessity of prepar- 

 ing seed grains in salt pickle for 12 hours, and as 

 a further safeguard, rake it when wet in ashes or 

 lime. It quickens and insures the germinating 

 powers so desirable in a dry time, even should no 

 other advantage be gained. 



In 1846 I was presented with a half bushel 

 Chili wheat, a beautiful heavy grain. Before sow- 

 ing it, in September, I put it into a tub of salt 

 pickle and stirred it. Instantly arose to the surface 

 nearly a pint of a tough, brown crustaceous ver- 

 min, that was neither bug or worm, with a snout 

 like an elephant, many legs, bristly body, half an 

 inch in length, and not easily rubbed out of ex- 

 istence by pressure of the foot. There was no 

 appearance of this insect when the grain was 

 turned into the pickle. It then occured to me, I 

 had luckily escaped a sei-ious trouble — -Just im- 

 ported from Chili! The next season, when the 

 grain was in the milk, I found three or four worms 

 of a beautiful chintz color, similar to those de- 

 scribed by our worthy and scientific friend, Doct. 

 Sanborn, of Andover in the Farmer of late date. 

 [Mr. Sanborn, who recently described the wheat 

 midge, in the Farmer, is a son of "our worthy 

 and scientific friend, Doct. Sanborn, of Andover." 



