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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[December, 
look. To-day it depends on such excellence of 
butter quality, as will lead to the greatest improve¬ 
ment of the race for practical purposes. Plenty of 
“solid color” Jerseys can be bought at moderate 
figures, if they are poor milkers, but the ideal but¬ 
ter cow of this breed now commands higher figures 
than were ever known before. The highest price 
yet quoted is $2,500, paid by Mr. Charles Sharpless 
for “ Young Pansy,”a 6upurb fawn and white cow, 
which I selected as a yearling in the Island of Jersey 
in the autumn of 1872,(with an eye solely to her dairy 
promise) for Mr. J. Carter Brown. The Shorthorn 
would never have reached any thing like its present 
high scale of prices on any fancy basis. What gives 
the great value in the Short¬ 
horn, the Jersey, or any 
other breeding stock,is that 
little super-excellence, of a 
practical character, which 
promises a lasting im¬ 
provement in all posterity. 
Ten years ago at the great 
fairs, the Jerseys occupied 
a few retired pens, where 
they were snubbed as 
starvelings by the beef-cat¬ 
tle judges, and stared at as 
“Alderneys” by acareless 
crowd. At the Centennial 
Exhibition, last year ; and 
at the great St. Louis fair 
this year, they outnumber¬ 
ed all other breeds combined ; 
they had judges who were 
experts in the breed ; and 
they came fairly to the front 
in public interest. The 
change has been very great, 
and many causes have com¬ 
bined to bring it about, all 
of them working solely by 
the education of the pub¬ 
lic as to the real practical merit of the breed. We 
are glad to feel that “ Ogden Farm ” has rendered 
its help to the work, and to hope that it will be 
no less useful in this way in years to come. 
A Country Cottage, Costing $550. 
BY !>. B. REED, ARCHITECT, CORONA, I.ONQ ISLAND, N. Y. 
These plans are for a low-priced house, similar in 
character to those in the last American Agriculturist, 
but differing entirely in outlines and arrangement, 
and embracing a much larger area of floor space. 
-Elevation, (fig. 1.)—The Front is broken 
with angles, furnishing a greater number of verti¬ 
cal lines, thus giving relief from the depressing ap¬ 
pearance that would otherwise be manifest. The 
roof projections are proportionate, with simple fin¬ 
ish. The Cornices of the central or main part are 
the most prominent, and have plain trusses. The 
gable openings supplying ventilation between the 
ceilings and roof_ 4*round Plan, (fig. 2.)— 
The interior contains five quite ample rooms, con¬ 
veniently arranged, and accommodating a good 
sized family, besides a lobby, pantry, and 2 closets. 
Hight of ceilings in two principal rooms 9i feet; in 
the side extensions 6 feet at the plate, following the 
rafters to the center of the rooms, and from thence 
are leveled across at the hight of 9 feet The front 
entrance is through a lobby. (If desired to econo¬ 
mize further, the front stoop and one door may be 
saved, by putting an arch in place of the front door, 
making r, recessed porch of the lobby.) The Par¬ 
lor has two front windows, and a closet, and ad¬ 
joins the kitchen, and two bed-rooms. The Kitch¬ 
en is large, has two windows, an open fire-place, 
and adjoins a commodious pantry, and a bed-room. 
The Pantry has a large window, and is shelved on 
one side and end. A convenient Clothes-press 
opens from the right hand bed-room. The chim¬ 
ney is near the center of the house, insuring much 
saving of heat. The interior of this house may be 
comfortably warmed from a single fire, by placing 
a radiator in the parlor, and leading the fire draught 
from the kitchen stove through it. Such a radiator 
was referred to in the American Agriculturist for 
May, 1877. In response to several inquiries since 
received, a description is here given, which will en¬ 
able any skillful sheet-iron worker to make one, 
(see figs. 3 and 4) : A, is the parlor 6ide of the chim¬ 
ney breast; B, the kitchen side ; C, chimney flue ; 
D, kitchen fire-place, containing kitchen 6tove; E, 
smoke-pipe leading from the stove, through the 
throat-piece, into the chimney flue; F, F, stove¬ 
pipe branches passing through the back of the fire¬ 
place, and connecting the smoke-pipe, E, with the 
radiator; G, interior section of radiator, (figs. 3 
and 4); II, face of radiator; J, partition within ra¬ 
diator; a damper, J, in the 6moke-pipe E, between 
the branches, F, F, regulates the draught, and 
forces it through the radiator as required. The ra¬ 
diator may be made of any size desired to fit the 
mantle opening, and if neatly constructed of Rus¬ 
sia iron, will be quite ornamental. The partition 
I is 5 inches wide, and extends to within 6 inches of 
the bottom at either side, has turned edges, and is 
riveted to the front and back. In use, to start the 
fire, a direct draught is made by opening the damp¬ 
er J, after which it may be closed to turn the draught 
through the lower branch pipe into the central part 
of the radiator, where it descends, passing the low¬ 
er ends of the partition, J, into the side passages, 
where it ascends and enters the upper branch pipe, 
leading to the smoke-pipe E. The bottom should 
have a collar to slide within the upright part, to fa¬ 
cilitate cleaning when necessary. If there is no 
hearth-stone to set the radiator upon, the bottom 
may be filled with an inch deep of coarse plaster, 
which will make it safe even on a carpet. In set¬ 
ting the radiator, an inch or two of open space 
should be left between it and the chimney back, 
(just the thickness of the interior wall-plates of the 
mantle, against which the radiator should join.) 
Fig. 1.— ELEVATION OF FRONT OF HOUSE. 
Into the bottom of this space air may be introduced 
from the outside of the house, through a 2-inch tin 
pipe, The air thus let in becomes heated, and es¬ 
capes around the margin, furnishing a pure health¬ 
ful supply to the room Construction. — 
The estimate below provides materials, and meth¬ 
ods of construction similar to those described last 
month. The form and arrangement of this build¬ 
ing admits of its being erected in sections; the 
central or main part may be first put up, and the 
side extensions added as means or necessity re¬ 
quires or allow. In localities where it is difficult to 
get dressed lumber, rough boards may be used for 
the siding, put on ver¬ 
tically and battened,but 
in this case it would be 
practical to paint the 
cornices and other dress¬ 
ings only with lead and 
oil—using a lime-wash 
for the rough work. A 
durable wash may be 
made by slaking freshly 
burned lump lime in 
hot brine. This can 
be colored by adding 
dry stainers as desired, 
and may be applied 
with an ordinary white¬ 
wash brush. Such 
rough work would 
greatly reduce the cost, 
and, if properly done, add a feature of rustic 
beauty, quite becoming in this class of building. 
Estimate cost of materials and labor: 
840 feet stone foundation, at 5 cents per foot. 17.00 
1000 bricks in chimneys, laid, at $12 per M. lj.00 
200 yards plastering, at 25 cents per yard. 72.50 
800 feet of timber, at $15 per M. 12,00 
2 sills, 4x6 in. 30 feet long. I 8 posts, 4x6 in. 13 feet long. 
2 sills, 4x6 in. 13 feet long. 2 plates, 4x6 in. 30 feet long. 
2 sills, 4x6 in. 22 feet long. 2 plates, 4x6 in. 13 feet long. 
4 sills, 4x6 in. 9 feet long. | 2 plates, 4x6 in. 22 feet long. 
300 wall strips, at 13c. each. 89.00 
70plank rough spruce, lHxlO.at I6c. each. 11.20 
130 siding, dressed pine, %xlO, at 25c. each. 32.50, 
176 shingling lath, at 6c. each. 10.56 
30 bunches shingles, at $1.50 per hunch. 45.00 
82 flooring, dressed spruce, at 20c. each. 16.40 
8 windows, at $5 each, $40; 10 doors, at $3 each, $30. 70.00 
Closet and base finish, $16; Cornice materials, $15 31.00 
Nails, $10; Painting, $60; Cartage, $14. 84.00 
Carpenter's labor, $75; Incidentals, $21.84 . . 96,84 
Total cost, complete .$550.06 
[The exterior of the above cottage should not be 
taken as an example of the architect’s taste, as we 
are sure it is not in accordance with our own. In 
meeting the requirements for a house with certain 
rooms of a given size, and all to come within the 
cost of $550—every dollar had to be made to tell 
most effectively. Still, we would suggest as to 
this, as we did with respect to the cottages given 
last month, the great fault is the absence of all 
RADIATOR. 
shelter to the front door. The house has a most 
inhospitable look, and we would dispense with 
something in the construction for the sake of 
securing a piazza or veranda of some kind.—E d.] 
