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AMERICANS AGRICULTURIST. 
[April, 
A Country House, Costing $1,600. 
BY S. B. REED, ARCHITECT. 
These plans are designed for a country resi¬ 
dence. The site selected may be somewhat 
distant from the main road, upon undulatory, 
wooded, and otherwise picturesque ground. 
.. . . Exterior.— (Fig. 1). This elevation 
shows the front facing the main road. The 
general conformation of this building to the 
declivity of the grounds, together with its 
rustic details of finish, give it a Swiss-like 
appearance, which is in accord with the sur¬ 
roundings. It will be seen that the grounds 
at the right are one story higher than those 
on the left. The principal walk or drives are 
along the higher grounds at the right, con¬ 
tiguous to the veranda, from which the 
main entrance is conveniently reached.... 
Figure 2 shows the side elevation. The 
walled or basement story appears full bight 
above ground, giving increased prominence 
to this part of the building.... Basement, 
figure 3. Hight of ceiling in finished parts, 
8 Vq feet; cellar, 7 feet. This story contains 
ing, 10 feet. Bath-room, 7 feet. The divi¬ 
sions include a hall, parlor, sitting-room, lib¬ 
rary, and bath-room. The sitting-room, and 
library, also have a closet each. The main 
hall has double entrance doors and connects 
by doors with each of the four apartments. 
Second Story.— Figure 5. Hight, 9 feet. 
There is a hall, two chambers, three bed¬ 
rooms, and three closets on this floor.... 
Construction. —The foundations are of 
broken stone, laid in mortar, 18 inches thick, 
extending in the earth below the reach of 
frost, and neatly pointed where exposed to 
sight. The beams for the basement floor are 
of 3 by 8-inch timber, with a 4 by 8-inch 
girder supporting their centers, and leaving 
a clear space of from 6 to 20 inches below 
them for the passage and circulation of air 
under the porch, as shown in figure 2. The 
cellar has a concrete bottom, with two steps 
of masonry upward from the hall. The up¬ 
per frame is of square, sawed timber, thor¬ 
oughly framed and secured. The horizontal 
siding is of 6-inch clapboards ; the vertical 
of 9 Vi-inch tongued and grooved ceiling 
estimate will furnish additional information. 
It will be seen that the cost of plumbing is 
here omitted, as the supply of water in most 
cases comes from a spring or well on the 
farm : Estimated cost of material and 
labor is given in full below : 
142 yards Excavation, at 20c. per yard.$ 28.40 
1,800 feet Stone Work 'complete) at 6c. per foot. 108.00 
4,000 Brick in chimneys (Completei at $12 per M.. 48.00 
759 yards Plastering'complete' at 20c. per yard. 151.80 
5,000 'feet Timber, at $20 per M. 100.00 
2 Sills 4x8 in. 32 ft. long. ' . 
2 Sills 4x8 in. 20 ft. long. 
1 Sill 4x8 in. 24 ft. long. 
2 Sills 4x8 in. 16 ft. long. 
1 Sill 4x8 in. 6 ft. long. 
9 Posts 4x7 in. 20 ft. long. 
1 Post 4x7 in. 16 ft. long. 
1 Ridge 3x8 in. 68 ft. long. 
24 Joists, at 15c. each. 
2 Tits 4x6 in. 32 ft. long. 
2 Ties 4x6 in. 20 ft. long. 
6 Ties 4x6 in. 16 ft. long. 
2 Plates 4x6 in. 32 ft. long. 
2 Plates 4x6 in. 20 ft. long. 
75 Beams 3x8 in. 16 ft. long. 
56 Rafters 3x» in. 13 ft. long. 
1 Veranda 3x8 in. 60 ft. long. 
3 60 
360 Wall Strips, tit 10c. ‘" ".".'.'.V.V.‘.‘.V.V.'.V. . “ ‘.'.’V'.‘.".'.'.V 36 00 
130 Horizontal Siding (6-inch), at :5c. 19 50 
150 Vertical Siding (9-inch), at 27c. 40 50 
150 Battens, at 4c. 6 00 
Cornice Materials. 30 00 
164 Hemlock Boards, at 15c. 24 60 
16M Square Slate, at $8...132 00 
830 Tin Gutters, Valleys, and Leaders, at 8c.26 40 
480 Flooring (4>4 inches', at 12c. each. 57 60 
5 Basement Windows (complete), at $5. 25 00 
3 Cellar Windows (complete), at $2 each. 6 00 
27 Plain Windows (complete), at $6 each.162 00 
2 Stairs (complete). 35 00 
25Doors (complete), at $7 each.175 00 
Pantry and Closets, finished, complete... 15 00 
Carting.. 25 00 
Painting, complete.100 00 
Carpenters’ labor, not included above ..200 00 
Incidentals.. — ■■■■ 44 60 
Total cost of the building, completed. . $1,600 
a dining-room, kitchen, hall, pantry, cellar, 
and closet. The two principal rooms have 
doors leading directly to the porch, and to 
the hall, which contains a stairway leading 
to the floor above. The kitchen and dining¬ 
rooms are well lighted, and have open fire¬ 
places. The cellar is cemented on the bot¬ 
tom; all other parts are floored.... First 
Story. —Figure 4. Hight of principal build- 
boards, belted; all on sheathing felt. The 
roofs are of slate, with tin valleys, gutters, 
and leaders, Windows have four lights, with 
l’/s-inch sash hung to weights. Doors of 
pine, paneled and moulded. Stairs, pine, 1 
with black walnut, newel and rail, and balus¬ 
ters, Closets shelved and hooped in the 
usual manner. All wood work usually paint¬ 
ed has two coats of paint. The appended 
A Caul ion in Using Fertilizers,— 
If concentrated fertilizers are used in close 
contact with seeds or very yoimg plants, great 
damage may be done. All such concentrated 
manures should be thoroughly mixed with 
the soil by means of a harrow or cultivator, 
or scattered very thinly over the surface. 
A very small quantity of guano, etc., in 
contact with a large seed will always kill it. 
