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NEW ENGLAND FAR^DER. 



Aug. 



COMPLETE FAKM HOUSE AND STABLE. 



In connection ■with the remarks in another 

 column, of our correspondent "K. O." upon 

 the subject of the proper construction of farm 

 houses, and especially as illustrative of what 

 he says of the economy and conveniences of 

 the square»form, we present the accompanying 

 plans, designed by Geo. E. Harney, and en- 

 graved for the New England Farmek. The 

 connection of the house with the barns and 

 other outbuildings is not at all essential to the 

 plan of the house ; neither are the porch or 

 dormer-window. We prefer a plain roof, and 

 believe that the garret should be used as a 

 sleeping room only from absolute necessity, 

 especially during our hot summer seasons. 



The following explanations of the plan are 

 furnished by the artist : — 



No. 1, the veranda, is 8 feet wide, and ex- 

 tends across the whole front of the house ; it 

 opens into the main hall. No. 2, which is 11 

 feet wide and 24 feet long ; No. 3 is the parlor, 

 16 feet square ; No. 4, living room, 16 feet by 



is a large store-room, 8 feet by 9, opening 

 directly into the kitchen ; No. 7 is a bed- 

 room, 15 feet by 16. At No. 10 is an- 

 other entry, 3 feet wide, leading to the yard ; 

 here are also stairs to the chambers and cel- 

 lar ; No. 11 is a scullery or wash-room, 8 feet 

 square, with a chimney in the corner ; No. 12 

 is a tool-room and shop, 8 feet by 13 ; No. 13 

 is a pantry, fitted up with sink and shelves ; 

 No. 14 is a dairy, 6 feet by 13. From the 

 work-shop a door opens into the wood-house. 

 No. 15 ; this is 13 feet by 16, and connects 

 with the open carriage-shed, No. 16, 13 feet 

 by 24. 



The barn is planned as follows: No. 17, 

 passage leading to the privy and to the covered 

 portion of the pig-sty, No. 18. No. 19 is the 

 yard connected ; No. 20 is a hen-coop, 9 feet 

 by 18, fitted up with a couple of rows of nests, 

 and opening upon the hen and stable manure 

 yard, No. 21 ; No. 22 contains stalls for three 

 horses, with feeding troughs in front ; No. 23 



