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Cottage Husbandry and Architecture. 



Fig. 35. Plan of a Cottage iviih the same accommodations as the foregoing, but 

 differently arranged, and with a veranda. The difference in the aspect of 

 this cottage will be ascertained by observing the compass ; the north and 

 south line being in the direction of from left to right, whereas in plan fig. 30. 

 it is from right to left. The entrance, therefore, is placed against the north- 

 east front, in order that, by placing the door on one side of the porch, it may 

 open to the south-east. An interior arrangement is shown, which we con- 

 sider preferable to that of Jig. 30., because the communication with the 

 cellar, by means of the stair («) in the lean-to and the direct entrance to 

 the yard (b), is more convenient. The size of the cowhouse (c), though 

 somewhat diminished, is still large enough for a small cow ; the space (cf) 

 for ducks or geese, and for a ladder to the hen-house, is not quite so com- 

 modious as in the other plan; but on the whole, notwithstanding these 

 drawbacks, we consider this plan as more conveniently arranged than the 

 preceding one. 



Exteriorly the platform is level as far as the steps to the porch (e), and 

 thence it forms an inclined plane to the natural surface. 



/, The veranda, which is supported by trunks of larch or spruce fir trees, with the bark on, will 

 add much to the comfort and economical uses of this residence. It will serve every year for drying 

 kidneybeans, and other beans and peas in the straw; for hanging up Indian corn or tobacco, or 

 any sorts of garden seeds or garden t.erbs which the cottager may wish to dry. In wet seasons 

 he may dry the whole of his wheat, barley, oats, or even hay there; the family washing may be 

 suspended on lines, and dried there in all weathers ; as well as various sorts of work performed 

 with comfort, and children sent out to play during rain or snow 



Fig. 36. The perspective elevation shows the bee-house, with pigeon-house 

 over, and a place for a dog or for rabbits, entering from beneath the steps 

 to the porch. 



Figs. 37. to 40. A design for a cottage, with the same general accommoda- 

 tions as figs. 30. and 35. ; but without^ a cellar floor, and with the addition 

 of a bedroom floor. 



Fig. 37. Ground plan. 



a, Kitchen. 

 I, Parlour. 



c, Back kitchen, the descent to which is by five 

 steps. 



d, Stair to bedrooms, under which are the oven 

 and boiler, the former with its flue under the 

 kitchen and parlour floors, which are both 

 paved with tiles or stone. 



e, Sink, supplied as in figs. 30. and 34., from a 

 filtering tank. 



f, Dairy and pantry. 



g, Women's wat.^r-closet. 



h, Tool-house and men's water-closet. ' 



i, Cistern for water-closets, with tank or well 

 under, and place for ducks and geese, and 

 ladder to poultry-house at one side. 



k, Cowhouse. 



/, Wood, or other fuel. 



in, Open yard. 



n, Pigsty. 



o, Dung-pit. 



p, Faggot-shed. 



q, Well for regulating plug. 



r r, Cesspools. 



