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THE NEW GENESEE FARMER, 



Vol. 



A Cheap amd Couvenieut Fiii'in 

 Coltage, 



REFERENCES. 



A. Parlour 14 by 14 feet. 



ii. Kitchen 14 by 14 feet. 



C. Bed room ofT parlour, 9 by 7 feet. 



U. Beil-room off hall, 9 by 7 feet. 



E. lied-ioom off kilclien, 9 by 9 feet. 



I''. Buitery, 9 by 5 feut. 



0. Unll, 6 i'cct wide. 



H. Stairs,— length, 34 feet. 



1. (Clothes room off kitchen bed. room. 

 K. Clothes room off hall. 



L. Dooi to cellar stairs. 



M. Dior to wood bouse. 



N. Froutdoor. 



O. Back door. 



P. Inside doore. 

 -Width 23 feel — beight of posts 12 feet. 



Mn. CoLMAN — 



A goodly portion of your readers are like myself, yet 

 the tenants of primitive log cabins, of which perhaps, 

 coming as you do from one of the oldest states, you 

 arc not aware. We are looking forward to the day, 

 however, which shall see us comfortably settled in 

 snug convenient houses, and as the busy note of pre- 

 paration is already sounded by some of my brother 

 farmers, 1 have thouglit perhaps, that a plan of a cheap 

 and convenient farm house might be acceptable ; and 

 if your opinion coincides therewith, you arc at liberty 

 to serve it up to your readers. It will be observed tVom 

 the plan above, that there are no fireplaces in this 

 house. Stoves, both for parlor and kitchen, have now 

 co'.uc into such general use among farmers, and cook- 

 ing stoves are now brought to sucli perfection, that 

 firc-pIaccs have become in amanner utmcccssary. The 

 chimnics are built upon the chamber floor; and in pre- 

 paring the frame work of the floor, the part upon which 

 the cliimnics rest should have extra firmness, so tliatit 

 may not settle with their weight. The stove pipes 

 from tile lower rooms pass through the chamber floor, 

 and thence by an elbow into the cliimnics. Should a 

 fire-place be wanted in the kitchen, one may be con- 

 structed with some additional expense; or, which 

 would be preferable, a small roo:ii might be finished in 

 the end of the wood-house, adjoining the kitchen door, 

 ^vith a fire-place and oven in it. The cost of this 

 house finished in a plain, neat, substantial manner, 

 built of wood, would be, in the county of Wyoming, 

 N. Y., about «700. 



It is a gratifying fact, and one which everj- observ- 

 ing traveller will notice, that much improvement has 

 bren made the U:>t few yearn, in the ccn^tructiun of" 



farm houses ; the neat, snug, convenient cottage takinii 

 the place of the overgrown meeting house style, which 

 has so generally prevailed. Still great errors are oflen 

 made by firiners in building, and perhaps not the least, 

 is too great an expenditure upon a dwelling house, 

 while the other buildings of the farm, and indeed the 

 improvement and cultivation of the soil are neglected. 

 An instance came under my obscnation last summer. 

 In passing through Cayuga county, a splendid brick 

 edifice met my eye in the distance, ajid the thought 

 struck me, that the owner having brought up his soil to 

 the highest pitch of cultivation, and having his bams 

 and out buikUngs extensive and convenient, and his 

 fields all secured by ample, permanent and handsome 

 fences, had appropriated six or eight thousand dol- 

 lars, for the want of other use for the money, upon a 

 dwelling house. But upon arriving in front of the 

 elegant mansion, I was sadly disappointed. Bad taste, 

 disorder, and slovenhness filled up the picture ; barns 

 and out houses miserably arranged and dilapidated ; 

 crooked and rickety rail fences on the road side in a 

 state of advanced decay ; and last though not least, an 

 extensive and thrifty crop of Canada tlustles upon eith- 

 er side of the road, promising soon to occupythe ground 

 to the exclusion of every tiling else. 



In the miilst of all, behold the splendid monument of 

 the folly of the man who would allow so many thou- 

 sands to be swallowed up in that stately pile of brick 

 and mortar, instead of applying it to the improvement 

 and cultivation of his soil; in the latter case yielding 

 him a rich return, in the former, remaining totally dor- 

 mant and unproductive. 



J. HORSEFIELD. 

 Castile, y. Y., Feb. ISI'2. 



. licmarks on the above. 

 We give above the plan of our con-csiTOndent,not that 

 we deem it the best which has been or can be contrived, 

 but because it is certainly well contrived, and embraces 

 many conveniences for the extent of land which it cov- 

 ers. The height of posts should be 14 instead of 12 

 feet, and thus making the lower story 10 feet, it would 

 give four upright feet in the chamber. Wc protest 

 against bed rooms not larger than 9 by 7 feet. They 

 ire inconvenient and unhealthy ; and liable to many 

 olijcctions in ease of sickness. A bed room should 

 never be less than 1"2 by 12 feet. By widcnin" the 

 house and lengthening it a few feet, aiid by adding to 

 the height, which may be done without incrcosintrthe 

 extent of the roof, tl:c house would be rendered much 

 iiore convenient, and the expense not greatly increas- 

 ed. Wc would by no means give up the plan of a 

 chimney in the kitchen, which, if necessarily closed in 

 winter for the purpose of using a stove, should by all 

 means be open in summer forthe purppseof ventilation, 

 when the cookingstovc should be transfcn-cdfoashed, 

 or to a temporary out-building, if no other convenient 

 place offered. 



We are of opinion, Ukcwise, that one window, per- 

 haps as large as one and a half of those described on 

 the plan, or it may be larger, weuld lie more economical 

 and handsomer than two, as put down. About mat- 

 ters of taste, however, there is no occasion for dispute. 

 Tlic plan, furnished by our correspondent, we are 

 glad to publish on another account, as all such clever 

 plans, if not exactly what any one wants, suggest 

 valual;lc hints and arrangements to be worked up by 

 other minds according to tlieir convenience. 



A plan of building has recently come under our 

 notice, which promises to be econouiical, substantial, 

 and comfortable. We will describe it. The window 

 frames and door frames are to be first made. Tlie un- 

 derpinning or cellar wall is then carried up for the re- 

 ception of the sills, which ai'e to be kid. Strips of 

 boards, in the rough, of aninchin thickness and about 

 4 or 5 inches ill width, are then laid one on the other, 

 flatwise, and nailed through and through, taking care 

 to break jiintc and to cross or bp at i])c comers. In 



tliis Way the wall is Carried up the desired height tore 

 ccive the plates, upon which the garret floor and th 

 rafters for the roof rests. Tiio boards, which are use 

 in this case, may be of any qtjahty, common hemlocl 

 or spruce, which should be sawed accordingly, wi! 

 answer equally well as the best of pine. The wall b< 

 ing thus carried up, is prepared to receive a coat of lim 

 plaster on the outside, which should be sanded or grav 

 elled; and on tlie inside it may be phistered direct! 

 upon the wall without lathing, and whitewashc: 

 That the surface may be suitable for the plastcrin; 

 both inside and out, the boards composing the wai! 

 should notbeiaid exactly even, but alternately projeci 

 ing or receding in a aliglit degree, by which means th 

 mortar will adlicre strongly. Such houses are perfec: 

 ly secure against vermin m the walls; they are substar 

 tia! and as strong against the wind as any frame houses 

 there are no crevices in the walls to admit the air ; an 

 they are soon put up, and built at a small expcnsi 

 Our remarks in this case apply to wooden houses. C 

 building with stone and brick wc may spealc at a mor '■ 

 convenient time. We agree with our corresponder ''' 

 entirely as to the folly of wasting alargesumof mone 

 in a large and expensive house, before the farm itsclfi F 

 put into the highest and most productive condilior- i 

 Yet no ciTor is more common. It may be laid dow, jj 

 as a well-nigh estabhshcd truth, that no man know 

 how to build who has not built. 



Winter Butter. 



Every person at all familiar with making butter i 

 wiiiter, is aware of the difflctiUy attending it. Butt< 

 made at this eeaeon, is generally deficient in cole 

 and flavor, is white, crumbles, and not considered I 

 for the table. This arises portly from the cows beir 

 kept, ns they generally are at this season of the yea 

 exclusively upon dry food, and partly from not rightl 

 managing the milk. ' 



In the stQlcmenta of Mr. Merrilield, who took tt. 

 2d premium for butter at the lato meeting of tbd in: 

 State Agricidtural Society, he says — "In winter, oi. 

 inilk stands 12 hours, is theri rerhoved to the etov- i 

 and Ecolded over a slow fire to near boiling heat; tb 

 pane-removed to the cellor lo cool ; the cream onl 

 cburnod ; the butter placed in tb« coolest part of tk 

 house, will keep good any length of time." llisbu 

 ter was much admired for its cblor oiid flayor, but 

 should think the scalding process rother tedious oi 

 troublesome. 



In the 7th edition of •' Moubroy on Poultry, &o. 

 I found the following, which struck mefovorably, ai > ^ 

 I was determined to profit by the hints. 



"A peculiar procoBs of eslraclingcrenm from m 

 by which o superior richness is produced in the crear 

 has long been known in Devonshire ; this produce 

 the dairies of that country; being well known to eve: 

 one by the name of ' clotted' or 'clouted cream.' J 

 there is no pcculiority in the milk from which tb 

 fluid is e.i;tracted, it has been frea.iienlly a matter 

 surprise that the process baa not beenadopted in oth 

 parts of the kingdom. Afours'ded vessel is forrai 

 of zinc plates, 12 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 

 inches deep, with a false bottom at one half the dept 

 The only coramunicntjon with the lower compar 

 nient, is by the lip, througli which it may be filled 

 emptied. Having first lilnced at the bottom of ll 

 upper compartment a plate of perforated zinc, Ihear' 

 of which is equal to that of the false bottom, a galh 

 of milk is forced (immediately when drawn from tl 

 cow) into it, and must remain there at rest for tweh 

 hours; an equal quantity of boiling water must th« '." 

 bo poured into the lower compaitment through tl 

 lip ; it is then permitted to stand twelve hours mor 

 (that is twenty four hours altogether,) when t 

 cream will be found perfect onl of such coreisten 

 that the whole may be lifted off by the fijiger ai 

 thumb. It 13, botvever, tnote eflfeciually removed 



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