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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[October, 
Fig. 1.— side elevation OF HOUSE. —Engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
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Country House Costing 82,100 to $2,800. 
Cost, as here Described, S3,500. 
CLASS m, 3d PRIZE.--BV JAMES DUNLOF, SOZOKRO, ONT. 
Accompanying the same general floor plans, 
and room arrangement, Mr. Dunlop sends two 
quite difl'ereut elevation plans and modes of con¬ 
struction, one to be built with wood and a Mansard 
Roof; the other with brick and steep pitch shingle 
roof. With these are detailed figures and estimates. 
The wooden house is more cheaply finished, and the 
estimates, on the basis of the prices named for the 
■materials, make the total cost about $3,500. We 
present iu this number the elevation and estimates 
for the one entirely of wood, with Mansard Roof. 
While giving about the same interior conveniences 
so far as room space is concerned, it is claimed for 
the Mansard oof that it is better adapted for 
broad prairies and other locations exposed to strong 
-winds and hurricanes, as it is lower and presents less 
surface for receiving the force of the tempest. The 
elevation is shown in figure 1, and the general 
features will be learned from the detailed descrip- 
story. The walls of the unexcavated portion are 
3i feet high, on broken-stone foundation, where 
stones are available. All brick walls are 18 inches 
thick. First Story (fig. 3).—Hight of ceil¬ 
ing 101 feet. The Kitchen and Dining-room are sepa¬ 
rated by two Pantries, which are fitted with drawers 
and shelving, and there is a sliding pauel, 3 feet 
wide and 18 inches high, in the partition for pass¬ 
ing dishes, etc., through. There is a large Store¬ 
room at the end of the ball, which, by a little altera¬ 
tion of the plan, can be increased iu size and used 
as a bed closet. There is also a Hall and Coal 
Closet under the stairs. The Dining-Room and 
Parlor open to the Veranda by French Windows. 
A Fan Light over the front door lights the hall. 
The Kitchen is supplied with a Sink and Pump.... 
Second Story (fig. 4).—Hight of ceiling 8 feet 
in the clear, in Bath-room 10 feet, and above the 
Kitchen 71 feet. The arrangement is such that all 
the Family Bed-rooms are on the main landing. 
By placing a door on the right of the first landing 
of the main stair-case, the bed-room above the 
dining-room can also be appropriated to the use of 
servants, the eutrance being by the back staircase. 
are good Closets in the large bed-rooms, and thim¬ 
bles should be built into all the chimneys from the 
bed-rooms for extra heating, if necessary_ Con¬ 
strue e iota. —The walls of the house are framed 
of studs, 6 by 2 inches, set 16 inches apart, well 
braced, and securely spiked to the joisting of both 
stories. The outside is covered with 1-inch sheath¬ 
ing, and over that with dressed clapboards. The 
iuside, walls and partitions, are lathed and plas¬ 
tered. The iuner partitions are with studs, 4 by 2 
inches. In the Mansard roof the studs are 6 by 2 
inches, securely spiked and braced to the lower 
joisting and studs, and well braced at the corners. 
The outside is covered with 1-inch sheathing, and 
shingled. The partition studs are 4 by 2 inches, 
set 16 inches apart, and the whole is lathed and 
plastered. The flat roof is sloping about 1 inch in 
6 feet. It is covered with 11-inch planks, tongued 
and grooved, but not dressed, and on that is a 
layer of asphalt, three-quarter inch thick, mixed 
with as much sand as it will take up and applied 
when boiling hot. There is a coping round the 
edge, with a light iron ornamental railing. The 
plastering is three-coat work. All the sashes are 
four-light, and the lower ones are hung to balance- 
weights. The front door is in two parts, and ail the 
doors are panelled with flush mouldings. 
The following are the quantities and estimates : 
Excavation and stone work and drain. si 65 00 
Dimension timber 10,100 ft., @ $15 ij) M, viz.: Silis 
and Plates, 920 ft.; 190 Studs, 12 ft. by 6 by 2 in.- 
128 Studs, 10 ft. by G by 2 in.; 128 Braces, 3 it. by d 
by 1 in.; 40 Studs, 12 ft. by 4 by 2 in.: 02 Joists, 16 
ft. by 10 by 2 in.; 28 Joists, 14 ft. by 10 by 2 in.; 29 
Joists, 10 ft. by 6 by 2 in.; 10 Joists, 6 ft. by 6 by 2 
in.; 8 Joists, 4 ft. by 6 by 2 in.; 1 Beam, 18 ft. by 8 
by 4 in.; 1 Beam, 18 ft. by 10 by 4 in.; 1 Beam, 18 ft. 
by 10 by 2 in.; 1 Beam, 4 ft. by 10 by 2 in.; 120 Studs, 
10 ft. by 4 by 2 in.. 3il Rafters, 30 ft. by 8 by 2 in.; 15 
Rafters. 20 ft. by 8 by 2 in. 151 50 
2,100 ft. Flooring, @ $18. S 7‘80 
3,300 ft. Outer Sheathing @ $12. 39 60 
1,700 ft. Clapboards, @ $26 . 44.20 
1,000 ft. Roof Flooring, iw-in., tongued aud grooved, 18.00 
Mouldings, Brackets, and Cornices. 60.00 
Coping, Rail, on roof and porch. 60.00 
110 yds. Asphalt, @ 60c. 66.00 
3,000 Bricks, for chimneys, laid, @ $11. 33.00 
366 bdls. Lath, @ 12c... 43.90 
1,284 yds. Plastering, & 25c.. 321.00 
240 ft. Cornicing, @ 20c. 48.00 
1 Front Door. $12; 2 Outer Doors, $16; 18 Inner 
Doors, at $7 each, $126. 154.00 
12 Lower Windows, bung, $120; 12 Dormer, $00. 180.00 
6 Cellar Windows, $24; Cellar Stairs, $12. 36.00 
Main Staircase, $50; Back Staircase, $24 . 74.00 
Porch aud Steps, $36 ; Roof to Bay Window, $:0_ 46.00 
Painting, $140; Plumber s Work, Sink, etc., $90_ 230.00 
Nails, etc., $32; Door Fittings, $30; 2 Mantels, $20... 82.00 
Pantry and Closet Fittings. 31.00 
13,000 Shingles, ® $3 $ M. 39.00 
Labor not included in above . 290.00 
Heating Furnace and Pipes. 250,00 
Total Cost.$2,500.00 
Ensilaging Sorglaum. —“ G. P. N.,” Ky. The 
applicatiou of the principle of the Silo, the packing 
of fresh fodder closely, without access of air, is not 
confined to Indian Corn. It was in use in Germany 
tion below. Cellar (fig. 3).—Hight of walls, 6J 
feet in the clear. The window under the store room 
of the first floor has a Shute for putting in wood, 
coal, and other heavy articles. The entrance is by 
a stairway from the kitchen. It is well lighted with 
six windows, and there is a heating Furnace, for 
wood or coal, by which the hall and three rooms of 
the first story are heated by flue pipes, and also the 
three large bed-rooms and bath-room in the second 
The doors of the Linen-room and small bed-room 
on the main landing, and of the Bath-room, have 
the upper panels of obscured glass, to light the 
halls and stairways. The bath-room is furnished 
with a batli-tuh and seat-closet and all the neces¬ 
sary fixtures, and a large cold-water cistern over¬ 
head, which is supplied from the roof. At the top 
of the main landing there is a large linen store¬ 
room fitted up with shelving and drawers. There 
for Clover, long before the Silo was thought of, 
and it has been used for other crops besides corn. 
If you find it profitable to raise Sorghum to feed 
fresh, you will no doubt be able to preserve it in 
Silos. As it is more rich in sugar than the 
corn, greater care should be taken to exclude 
the air, and thus avoid an injurious fermentation. 
It is not so much the kind of food ensilaged, 
as the way it^is kept. 
