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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[August, 
no mistake about the fact that clover, beans, and the 
legumes generally, are great gatherers of nitrogen. It is 
probable that wheat gathers some. And yet, in our pres¬ 
ent condition, from our present standpoint, I do not dare 
to risk it. I do not dare to send out a fertilizer and say 
that it will do so-and-so, unless I put all the things in. I 
agree witii Prof. Atwater that there is a little loss here. I 
have put nitrogen for some crops that I know I need not 
have paid for. There is a little loss of potash, for I have 
put in potash for some crops that I need not have paid 
for. That is exactly so. But here is the point. I find it 
would be utterly impossible for practical farmers, taking 
them as we find them, going on with their ordinary sys¬ 
tem of farming, to ascertain the fact whether they need 
Fig. 1.—THE PARSONAGE. 
potash or not. Prof. Atwater will find it out; perhaps I 
might find it out, but taking farmers generally, I think 
there would be a failure. I say that I think I know that 
with nitrogen, potash, and phosphoric acid, mixed in a 
certain way, farmers will get their crops; I do not know 
but they would get their crops if I left out a little potash ; 
I do not know but they would if I left out some other 
thing; but as I say, I do not dare to risk it. Give me 
time enough, and perhaps I will run these little threads 
out, and find out how much nitrogen I should leave out 
of the corn-fertilizer, or out of the wheat fertilizer, or 
out of the clover fertilizer, but you must give me time. 
Until I learn that, I say, ‘ I know nitrogen, potash, and 
Fig. 2. —PLAN OF SECOND FLOOR. 
phosphoric acid will do such-and-such things. ’ I do 
not know but I might take out a little. Until I do know, 
I do not dare to change my formula as a rule of general 
application.” 
I understand Prof. Stoekbridge, whose position 
has, I believe, been misinterpreted, and whose 
labors the farmers of the country have not yet 
learned to rate at their true value, has already 
modified some of his formulas, a fact which ac¬ 
cords with their lower price, and I have no doubt 
he will keep doing so as rapidly as he thinks safe. 
W. O. Atwater. 
Wesleyan University , Middletown , Conn. 
A House, or a Parsonage, Costing $3,700. 
BT 8. B. REED, ARCHITECT, CORONA, NEW YORK. 
This plan is intended for a compact and econom¬ 
ical residence or a parsonage, containing thirteen 
rooms, ample halls, eleven closets, large 
cellar, heater, range, cold and hot water, 
with all the necessary modern improve¬ 
ments suitable for the uses of a good- 
sized family_ Exterior. —The general 
outline is nearly square, 26 x 80 feet, 
which, while the most simple and eco¬ 
nomical form of construction, affords the 
best opportunity for a desirable distribu¬ 
tion, of rooms. The porch, bay-window, 
and lobby, provide projections that break 
up and relieve the monotony usually ob¬ 
served in square buildings.... .Interior, 
—The interior arrangements partake very 
much of the character of a “ double 
house,” particularly in the upper stories. 
_Cellar.—The cellar extends under 
the whole house, and contains the heater 
and bins for coal, etc. The heater 
(“portable”) is arranged to provide 
warm air to each room in the two princi¬ 
pal stories, except the kitchen.... 
First Story, (fig. 2.)—The entrance, 
or reception hall, is large, and contains 
the principal stairway of the house, so 
arranged that the quarter-circle is about 
midway of their hight, placing the niche 
down where it adds greatly to the good 
appearance of the hall. The principal 
rooms, parlor and dining-room, where it 
is usual for the family to congregate, are 
spacious and accessible. Each has a large 
bay-window, adding to its area, and sup¬ 
plying a pleasant outlook. The dining-room has a 
large closet for china, etc., occupying the space 
under the main stairs. The kitchen adjoins the 
dining-room and the rear entrance, or lobby, and 
has direct communication with the cellar-stairway 
through a door. It is provided with a range, boiler, 
sink, pump, and wash-tubs, complete. The copper 
boiler is placed above the range in an arched 
recess in the chimney-breast, and is inclosed with 
an iron door. The lobby, or rear entrance, is ar¬ 
ranged to connect by doors with the dining-room, 
kitchen, and private stairway leading to the second 
floor.Second Story, (fig. 3.) — The stairs 
“land” nearly in the center of the second story. 
Very little space is required for the second-story 
hall, leaving almost this entire floor to be laid off 
in rooms. These rooms may all be used as cham¬ 
bers, or any one of them may be used as a study. 
Doubtless the room directly above the front 
entrance would be best adapted for that purpose. 
The door leading to this room should have ground- 
glass upper panels to supply light to the hall of 
this story_Attic, (fig. 4.)—The attic story is 
reached by the stairway, shown at the front end of 
the second-story hall, which has a door at the 
foot to 6hut off all communication at pleasure. 
This story is divided into four rooms, four closets, 
and hall. The hall is lighted through au opening, 
or skylight, in the roof, which also serves as a ven-' 
tilator. The school, or play-room, is put in this 
part of the house, where noise is less likely to dis¬ 
turb the older members of the household. [To fit 
this house for country places or villages where 
there is not a reservoir supply of water, a large 
Tank should be provided on the 3d floor, to receive 
water from the roof, with a force-pump to fill it in 
dry seasons. This might occupy a part of the 
largest closet at the right of the chimney.— Ed.] 
A work-shop, having ample space for a work¬ 
bench, wood-lathe, and other tools, is provided for 
in our plan on the third floor... .The estimate ap¬ 
pended indicates the general character of the work 
to be good and substantial. Provision is made for 
brick foundations, a regular timber frame, double 
siding, slate and tin roofs, outside blinds, panelled 
doors, simple and appropriate trimmings through¬ 
out, with marble mantles and 6tucco cornices in the 
principal rooms of the first story. The figures set 
down for the cost of windows, bays, porch, lobby, 
Fig. 3.— PLAN OF FIRST FLOOR. 
and doors, include both materials and labor. The 
$800 for carpenters’ labor is for the balance. 
Estimate for house with Mansard roof: 
75 yards excavation, at Me. per yard. 
13,000 brick, furnished and laid, at $12 per M — 
48 ft. stone sills, steps, and coping-, at 40c. per it.. 
1,000 yards three-coat plastering, at 28e. per yard... 
250 ft. stucco cornices, with centers. 
4,181 ft. of limber, at $15 per M 
2 sills, 4x8 in. 20 ft. long. 
2 sills, 4x8 in. 30 ft. long. 
6 posts, 4x7 in. 23 ft. long 
1 girl, 4x8 in. 38 ft. long. 
4 ties, 4xfi in. 26 ft. long. 
4 ties, 4x6 in. 30 ft. long. 
4 hips, 3x7 in. 16 ft. long. 
2 plates, 4x6 in. 26 ft. 
2 plates, 4x0 in. 30 ft. 
4 deck plates, 3x8 in. 
2 deck plates, 3x8 in. 
8 beams, 3x8 in. 15 ft. 
60 beams, 2x8 in. 15 ft. 
66 beams, 2x8 in. 12 fl. 
100 joists. 3x4 in. 13 ft., at 2-'c. each. . 
50(1 wall-strips, 2x4 in. 13 It, at lie. each. 
483 sheathing for sides and roofs, at 25c. each. 
300 lbs. tarred felt, at 5c. per lb. 
381 novelty siding, 6-inch, at 3()c. eacli. . 
112 ft. main cornice, at 60c. per ft. 
10 squares of slate, at 10c. per ft... 
$15.00 
156.00 
19.20 
280.1 0 
75.00 
. 62.71 
long, 
long. 
22ft. l’g. 
SO ft. l'g. 
long, 
long, 
long. 
. 22.00 
. 55.00 
. 120.75 
. 15.00 
. 114.30 
. 67.20 
. 100.00 
12X squares of tin, at 10c. per tt......... 125-00 
8 cellar windows, complete, at 4>s each. 64.U0 
12 plain windows, complete, at $12 each. 144.00 
8 dormer windows, complete, at. $20 each. 160.00 
2 bav-windows, complete, at $60 each. — 120.00 
1 porch, complete. $i5; 1 lobby, complete, $50.... 125.00 
390 t.ongued and grooved flooring, comp’l,at28c. ea. 109.20 
46 doors, complete, at $10 each. 400.01) 
11 close s, complete, at $0 each. 60.00 
2 marble mantels, complete, at $25 each. ->0-00 
1 heater, complete. 200.00 
Gas-pipes, $85.71: Painting, $I8S.93; Carting, $7 d. 299.54 
Plumbing, including range, etc. SOO.OO 
Extras, lor hardware, etc . 75.00 
Carpenters’ labor, not included above. 300-00 
Total amount. .....,,...................$3,700.00 
