PLAN OF A FARM COTTAGE. 
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the command of a good spring of water, which may 
he conducted through the dairy room, is necessary : 
when that cannot be had, an ice house in direct con¬ 
tact (as in the accompanying plan), and a good 
well or water convenient, form the best substitute. 
The expense of such a house, in this vicinity, 
might be varied from fifteen hundred to three thou¬ 
sand dollars; according to the style of finish, the 
taste and ability of the owner, &c. The main con¬ 
veniences may be retained at the lowest estimate, 
by omitting the ornamental front. 
M. W. Howard. 
The preceding designs for a dwelling were pre¬ 
sented to the New-York State Agricultural Society 
by Mrs. Sanford Howard, of Albany, and were 
published in their Transactions for 1847. Al¬ 
though executed with considerable taste, and would 
give, in some situations, rather a pleasing effect to 
the landscape, we agree with the Society’s 
Committee on Designs of Farm Buildings, that it 
is “ not best calculated to be thrown before the 
farmer as a style best adapted to his economical 
wishes and limited means.” For our own views on 
this subject, seepp. 186, 188, of the present volume. 
