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ods of those -who have been successful — 
especially the best method to preserve out 
Northern grapes, like the Concord, Isabella, 
AdirondncS, &c., and oblige one of your sub¬ 
scribers. 
P g _of course I mean tlie preservation 
of fruit without ice, as ice-houses have 
proved failures. —A. L. Bloodgood. 
We shall he glad to receive and publish 
any suggestions and experiences front our 
readers with reference to this subject. 
liutal ^rcljitectur* 
A LARGE STOCK BARN. 
Herewith I send a plan of a large stock 
barn, designed for those keeping large milk 
herds in the vicinity of cities, or for any 
stock farm where economy in feeding and in 
labor is a desideratum. Its distinguishing 
characteristics are a free use of tram-ways, 
and a separate building for the factory ope¬ 
rations incident to feeding a large drove of 
cattle, and for the storage of grain and feed. 
The size of the main barn is 96 by 56 feet; 
or factory, 21 by 20. The bam will hold 120 
cattle, and hogs ad libitum. The basement 
story, or hog and manure collar, is not shown 
In the elevation. It is divided into pens for 
hogs, on either side of a central alley. The 
NOTES FOR BUILDERS, 
Wetfflit of Wood. 
In the Carpenter's Hand-Book we find 
the following given as the weights per cubic 
foot, respectively, of the woods named :— 
Beech, 40 pounds; Birch,45 pounds; Cedar, 
28 pounds ; Hickory, 52 pounds; Ebony, 83 
pounds; Yellow Pine, 38 pounds; Cork, 15 
pounds; White Pine, 25 pounds; Lignum- 
Vitai, 83 pounds. _ 
Fire and Water-proof Paint lor SliInKlo 
Roofs. 
Slake stone lime, by putting it into a tub 
to keep in the steam. When slaked, pas3 
through a flue sieve, and to eacli six quarts 
of it add one quart of rock salt and one gal¬ 
lon water; boil and skim. To each live 
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tween also for school houses, chapels, lien houses, 
conservatories, &o. For all such purposes, 
y; B. these sectional houses are exactly the thing. 
The lumber is put together in sections suita- 
n and hie for handling; it is tongued, grooved, 
story ; battened and dovetailed to an exact fit, and 
79 - e' ia self-supported in its place, without either 
ro l’. a nails or screws; is wind proof and ruin 
Kories proof, durable and economical. 
FRUIT-PRESERVING HOUSE, 
Is there not some kind of small building, 
constructed like small above-ground ice¬ 
house, with air chambers, say one or two 
feet all around the building, said air cham¬ 
bers to be left empty or filled in with eliar- 
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ECONOMY IN ARCHITECTURE. 
Work* of tlio Doi'i'oin Building Company, 
at Paterson, New Jeroey. 
In 1845, Air. Andrew Derrom, then a 
young man just commencing in business, 
started a small joiner shop in the town of 
Paterson, on the Erie Railway, one hour’s 
ride from the city of New York. Air. Dk.h- 
rom’s peculiar vim and thoroughness soon 
built up a large establishment, and as Pater¬ 
son has grown all around him, the Derroni 
Building Company’s Works now occupy a 
large space in the heart of a city of thirty- 
five thousand inhabitants. These works 
turn out half a million dollars’ worth of 
work, per annum, consisting of everything 
in the line of house-building, from a wig¬ 
wam to a palace. Besides being regular 
builders of complete houses, stores, facto¬ 
ries, &c,, they also do a very large furnish¬ 
ing business of all and sundry parts of 
houses, such as sash, doors, blinds, mold¬ 
ings, etc., of every possible 9tyle, and all 
of the best materials and workmanship. 
The reputation of this establishment is 
such that they cannot afford to jeopard¬ 
ize their good name by sending out in- 
terior work, and as Col. Dkhrom is a 
of principle and integrity, he would 
Figure 1.—Second Fi 
One can readily conceive the comfort and 
convenience of these cottages for a summer 
sojourn at the sea side, the mountains, the 
islands, springs, etc. The price of these 
cottages, neatly painted, is scarcely more 
than if made on the spot, even where sea¬ 
soned lumber and skillful mechanics are at 
band. The Derrom Building Company will 
promptly fill orders for any part ot the 
world. One story buildings cost from 00, 
70, 80, 100, 120 to 150 cents per square foot 
of ground plan, according to strength and 
man 
not if he could. 
Sectional and Portable llulLUnita. 
We visited the Derrom Building Works 
at Paterson, a few days ago, to exam¬ 
ine their Sectional, Portable Houses, as 
shown in the accompanying cut, with a 
view to understanding their adaptability 
to beginners upon lands where one can¬ 
not afford to wait the slow process of get- 
j ting out and seasoning lumber and wait- 
: f> ing the motions of mechanics; or where 
lumber and mechanics are scarce; also for 
aY * the use of popular summer resorts, where 
a family or a club of gentlemen would like to 
occupy an exclusive little building, that was 
neat and comfortable, and that could be 
easily put up and taken apart, as desired; 
SECTIONAL AND POltTAM.E Hi'(I.DINGS. 
ild il. driving house? and oblige— A Subscriber." 
ds or We have used them for sills, beams, &c., 
ff the in buildings. It answers well for sills, if 
•ough 1 placed on a solid stone foundation, away 
tneth- 1 from the ground. 
Fia. 2 .—Engine Room. 
style; thus, a cottage, plain and light, say 
12x16 feet, 8 feet high 192 feet, at 80 cents 
per foot — $153.60. Send them a sketch of 
what is wanted, fully explaining the idea, 
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