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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
[October, 
A Complete Cottage, Costing $1,100. 
BT S. B. REED, ARCHITECT. 
These plans are for an inexpensive seven-room 
dwelling, similar in character to those published in 
'last month’s American Agriculturist. Several of 
these cottages have been erected in the manu¬ 
facturing districts of the Eastern States, where they 
are regarded with special favor. They are equally 
adapted to most other parts of the country, and 
will be found to be very convenient, and to contain 
sufficient room for a family of six persons. For 
economical reasons, but three rooms are usually 
appropriated to general use—a parlor, dining or 
sitting-room, and kitchen, the remainder being fur¬ 
nished as chambers. In such cases the apartment 
marked “Dining Room” on the plan is used as a 
bedroom, making four chambers in all, and increas¬ 
ing the real capacity of the house to accommodate 
a family of eight persons_Tlxterior.—Two 
elevations are given (figures 1 and 2). The founda¬ 
tions show 2s feet above ground, a good hight for 
convenient entrances, besides giving opportunity 
for suitable outside windows from the cellar for 
light and ventilation. The outside openings and 
dressings are sufficiently varied to make the whole 
interesting and somewhat picturesque. The front 
entrance is of good width, and has a roof resting 
on chamfered columns and side railings of open 
work. A square-angled bay-window projects in 
front, with chamfered work, below the sashes. 
The cornices, gables, belt courses, etc., are taste¬ 
Fig. 2.— FRONT ELEVATION. 
fully arranged, giving opportunity for the proper 
distribution of shades in painting- Cellan —It 
is of the size and shape of the main house section, 
as shown in fig. 4. Its hight is 65 feet; it has an 
outside entrance under the stoop, and is lighted by 
three windows. The kitchen is supported by piers, 
and the spaces between are inclosed with boarding. 
_ITnrst, Story (fig. 3).—Hight of ceiling 9 
feet. The front entrance opens from the veranda 
to a vestibule, and from it to the parlor and dining¬ 
room. The Parlor is pleasantly arranged with a 
hay-window in front, and single windows in two of 
its sides, giving views in three directions. The 
chimney is placed directly opposite the bay-win¬ 
dow. Suitable spaces are allowed along the walls 
for the furniture usually required in such an apart¬ 
ment. The Sitting-room has windows in three of 
its sides, aud doors leading to the dining-room, 
kitchen, and a closet. The Dining-room has two 
windows on one side and connects with the kitchen, 
two closets, and the cellar stairs. (Should this 
room be made a chamber, as before suggested, then 
the space under the main stairs may be used as a 
closet.) The Kitchen has three windows, with out¬ 
looks in two directions, an open fire-place, a sink, 
door leading to the 
outside rear stoop, 
and a kitchen pan¬ 
try ; the latter is of 
good size, has one 
window, and is 
thoroughlyshelved. 
This “pantry” ar¬ 
rangement is a ne¬ 
cessity in a New- 
England house, as 
in such an apart¬ 
ment their stores 
are kept and most 
of the pastry work 
and preparations of 
food for the table 
is done. On one 
side just below the 
window a broad 
shelf is placed, ex¬ 
tending the whole 
length; underneath 
and attached to this shelf are three drawers, 5 
inches deep and 18 inches wide, for towels and such 
thiugs. The remaining space is left for barrels, pails, 
etc. Above this shelf at each side of the window 
and across both ends, shelves 10 inches wide, placed 
with convenient space between for crockery, spice- 
boxes, etc. On the door or opposite side, cleats and 
projecting pins are put for suspending the various 
utensils used in cooking. To house-keepers who 
have once used such an apartment, they are ever 
after indispensable ... Second Story (fig. 4).— 
Hight of ceiling 7 feet. The stairway ascends 
from the lower vestibule to a central hall, which is 
lighted by one small window. There are three fair¬ 
sized chambers and three closets. Each room ad¬ 
joins a chimney, giving opportunity for the use of 
stoves when required_ Construction. —The 
foundation is of broken field stone and mortar, 
neatly pointed on the outside. The frame is of 
sawed timber, siding of “novelty” pattern, gables 
of vertical boarding with their lower ends cut to 
pattern and battened. Roofs of shingles. The 
balance of the materials may be inferred from the 
following table of Estimates. —Cost of ma¬ 
terials and labor: 
87 yards Excavation, at 25c. per yard.$ 21 75 
1,150 feet of Stone in foun datlons, at 8c. per foot. 92 00 
3.000 Brick in Chimneys at $12 per M. 36 00 
518 yards Plastering, at 20c. per yard. 103 60 
2,138 ft. Timber, at $15 per M. 32 07 
1 Sill 4x8 in. 155 ft. long, i 36 Beams 3x7 in. 15 ft. long. 
1 Tier 4x6 in. 131 ft. long. 8 Beams 3x7 in. 12 ft. long. 
1 Plate 4x6 in. 101 ft. long. 2 Valleys 3x7 13 1't. It. long. 
1 Iiidge 2x6 in. 62 ft. long. 1 
300 Wall Strips, at 12c. each . 36 00 
60 Joist, at 15c. each.. 9 00 
190 Siding, 9!4 in., at 2Sc. each. 53 20 
Cornice materials. 15 00 
400 Shingling Lath, at 6c. each . 24 00 
68 bundles Shingles, at $1.25 each. 85 00 
200 ft. Tin Valleys, Gutters, and Leaders at 8c. p. ft. 16 00 
150 Flooring (inside), 915 in. wide, at 26c. each_ 39 01) 
80 Flooring (outside), 4!^ in. wide, at 15c. each. 4 50 
3 Cellar Windows (complete), at $3 each. ... 9 00 
17 plain Windows, (complete) at $5.00 each. 65 00 
18 Doors (complete), at $4 each. 72 00 
Verandas and Stoops (complete). 18 00 
Stairs (complete). $16; Mantels (complete), $5.. 21 00 
Closets (com’e). $6; Pump. Sink,and Nails, $25; 31 00 
Painting, $75; Carting, $15. 90 00 
Carpenters labor, not included above...,. 125 00 
Incidentals. 81 88 
Total,.$1,100 00 
“ Round Up,” is the term used by the herders 
upon the Western Plains when they gather all the 
cattle together at a stated place and assort them. 
It is to be remembered that in that country there 
are no fields and fences, but all the herds run to¬ 
gether and a sort of mutual cooperative care is exer¬ 
cised over the combined herd. Upon the day of 
the “ Round Up,” which is advertised and other¬ 
wise made known, the men on horseback scour 
the country over aud drive in all the scattered 
droves to the place appointed for making the 
“RoundUp.” The cattle are assorted according 
to the brand upon them, and are placed by them¬ 
selves. After the sorting is finished, the herds are 
counted, those ready for market are driven away 
for sale, the calves are branded and then the herds 
are.let loose to wander over the plains as before. 
The branding is done by a hot iron which makes 
Fig. 4.—PLAN OF SECOND STORY. 
some letter or “trade mark ” upon tbs skin of the 
animal. The process of branding is to some ex¬ 
tent a cruel one, but it seems to be the only way 
of making a permanent mark upon the roving 
animal. The brands are registered in the County 
Clerk’s office, and the mark is the undisputed title 
of ownership against all other claimants. Adult 
animals without a brand are public property, 
and can be branded for his own by any person. 
Fig. 1.—SIDE ELEVATION OF THE HOUSE. 
