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YOU, XXII. NO. 3. 
FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUG. ED, 1870. 
WHOLE NO. 1074. 
[Entered according to Act of Congress, InYiie year 1370, by IX D. T. Mooke, In the Clerk’s Cilice of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.] 
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Ultra l Arclutfcture. 
A FIRST-CLASS FARM HOUSE. 
Herewith I serul a plan of a House that 
I hope will meet the approval of the gentler 
wing of your Rural army. It contains, I 
think, many of the requisites that belong to 
a first-class farm house. One of these is a 
dining-room, which will need no defense 
while the thermometer ranges among the 
nineties. Another is a bed-room on the first 
floor, which all country residents deem in¬ 
dispensable, however it may he to those city 
denizens who are obliged to make the most 
of a twenty foot, front. A bath-room should 
not be dispensed with in any house. The 
sitting-room should divide prominence with 
the parlor, with the choice of the sunniest 
aspect, and both should open from the hall; 
the bed-room should open from the sitting- 
room, and the dining-room should open from 
both sitting-room and kitchen. 
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First Floor op Farm Hodse. 
Fig. 1.—I’, Parlor; 8, H, Sitting-room; L, Library; 
B, Bed-room; D, U, Dtnnlng-room; B, Bath¬ 
room; C, Closets; K, Kitchen; P, Pantry; 8, 
Btore-room; W, Wood-room; V, Veranda; H, 
Hall. 
The original plan contains a conservatory, 
which is partitioned off at the end of the 
veranda at “cor.” This can lie added by 
those who wish it. The upper hall is three 
and a-half feet wide, and makes a fine ap¬ 
pearance with the rounded closets and the 
generous length. It gives a visitor an idea 
that there is plenty of room in the house, 
and that no one ueed sleep on the lloor on 
their account. 
It is proposed to supply the principal 
chambers, the bath-room and the kitchen 
reservoir w ith cold water from the second 
story tank; the sink and the bath-room with 
hot water front the reservoir. If the pipes 
for these purposes (with the exception of 
those to the chambers) lend into the cellar 
and thence up to where needed, there will 
be little danger of freezing. A bell-pull 
could, bo curried to the men’s hall to waken 
. them in the morning, if desired; also to the 
H girl's room. As to thu other “city” con- 
jp-- vemences of cellar, kitchens, and attic bed- 
^ rooms, dumb waiters, speaking tubes and 
L bed-room water-closets, I should not advise 
the most ambitious to adopt them. 
wind. Then we turned his head homeward, 
and let him walk a ways, then wheeled him 
about until we found that his will was sub¬ 
missive to ours. That ended his rearing. 
That it was the best way to break him wo 
do not know ; but we do know that in some 
way the horse has got, to be taught who is 
his master, and that the master’s will must 
bo obeyed._ 
To Olivo n Horse of McolU'B. 
Tms is a disease which requires no de¬ 
scription; you will know It when it appears. 
It is the same, as cholera in a man, but is 
very easy to manage in cold climates; in a 
warm climate it is very dangerous, as two- 
thirds of the horses taken with it. die in three 
or four days. Boil red or while oak hark to 
a strong ooze; put two tablespoonfuls of 
cream of tartar to one quart of this decoc¬ 
tion ; give to drink, or as a drench; then use 
the bark water for injection; keep this up 
until purging is stopped, three or four times; 
give a maslr of scalded wheat bran twice a 
day; give no hay or grain, or you will cause 
a relapse. The horse will have a good appe- 
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All inside finish should be of hard wood, 
oiled and varnished. The different oaks, 
filnuh ivdntii, > i.<. ij , aim, Ui:su of all, locust, 
make excellent finish. Black walnut and 
cherry should be used sparingly, as head- 
work, or for contrast, as the first is too dark 
and sombre, and the last Is lacking in grain. 
The economy of this finish is in the differ¬ 
ence between $•>() pine and $-0 oak, and be¬ 
tween costly paints and a painter biennially, 
and varnish pul on by oneself when needed. 
The casings should he heavy—at least eight 
inches wide. 
The outside painting should be white, with 
dark red sasli and green blinds, or a creamy 
drab with darker facings, andsash and blinds 
as for white. The Idea of red sash will 
startle some, no doubt, hut like some other 
good things, only needs to be seen to be 
appreciated. Of the. two styles of painting, 
white is the best, unless one wishes to pen¬ 
sion a painter and run’Hie risk of his house 
turning its color, one clapboard at a time. 
It is difficult to get colored paints that will 
not fade more or less, the different paint com¬ 
panies to the contrary notwithstanding. It 
should not he left lo the painter to select his 
own,unless experienced and perfectly honest. 
The cost, including furnace, will range 
from $3,000 to $4,000, according to locality 
and the man who builds it. There is more 
difference in tlio latter than in the former. 
If one takes time, and watches his chances 
for buying to advantage, and gives his car¬ 
penter the winter season to get out the 
mouldings and do the shop work, it will 
make considerable difference in lire price. 
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ANOTHER CHEAP COTTAGE. 
On page 109, Rural New-Yorker Au¬ 
gust 13th, we published an elevation and 
plan of a Cheap Cotta". . Accompanying 
i.uai. qiuu me .-jcvrw-> ... I.*/ ( .oetir. sends us 
another, which we give The following Is 
the text: 
In this plan we find a veranda from which 
we pass into the entry and thence to the rest 
of the house, which is very much the same 
as the one given last week, and will he read¬ 
ily understood from the description there 
given. Tin: kitchen having a window open* 
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First floor ot Cheap cottage. 
FlO. 1.—1, Verandu ; 2, Hall; II, Bed-room; 4, Kitchen ; 
5, Store-iKfoui; fi, Larne Closet; 7, Buck Entry; 
8, Sink-room ; C, Closet. 
A CHEAP cor rACE. 
ing on the veranda, would he pleasanter, but 
al the expense of the-store-room in the other, 
marked 5, (see Fig. 1,) and also this plan 
gives one less chamber, but. will make a much 
more picturesque appearance. Either of 
these cottages furnishes accommodations for 
an ordinary family, and contains more con¬ 
veniences than are frequently found in houses 
of much greater pretensions. Shrubs,' vines, 
and flowers, also fruit and forest trees should 
be planted, and would contribute much, if 
discreetly arranged, to make a pleasant 
home. o. 
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WISDOM FOR BUILDERS. 
Ventilation for Horse Stables. 
A CONTEMPORARY suvs:— When horse 
stables are not property ventilated nor 
lighted, it is an excellent plan to make a 
small window where each horse may thrust, 
out his nose when lie is not eating, and 
breathe pure air. 
Uividiini nnil Filliutc ft Honan. 
The London Builder says:—-“The inter¬ 
nal divisions and fittings of a house exercise 
much influence on social welfare and hap¬ 
piness. Due separations of the sleeping 
from the living apartment.- 1 , and of both from 
the accommodations for cooking and lor 
cleuuliuess, are essential. Nothing can tend 
more to break down t he instinct of modesty, 
and to lower mid degrade the. daily life, than 
the want of such decent accommodation. 
Again, proper cupboards or closets, distinct¬ 
ly fitted for the well, known and universal 
requirements of cottage life, are requisite for 
tidiness, cleanliness, and comfort. At the 
same time they must lie so constructed as to 
be readily thrown open to the light.” 
STABLE NOTES. 
To Break a Colt of Bearing:. 
J. C. G. writes:—“Cun some one inform 
me how to break a colt of rearing while 
riding?” We once broke a pony of that 
practice in this way:—lie would not allow 
any one to ride him away from home; he 
would rear and plunge the moment, his head 
was turned from home; but if away, he 
would allow one to ride him home with the 
utmost security, lie belonged to a neigh¬ 
bor. One day we saw the neighbor leading 
the pony a mile to get him shod. “Why 
don’t you ride V” we asked. “ Tommy won’t 
let me,” was llic reply. “ Why don’t you 
break him of that, nonsenseV” “I can’t.” 
“I can,” “Well, try it.” We dkl try. 
Wo directed the owner to cut us a good 
strong, long switch from a hickory tree. We 
turned “ Tommy’s" face toward homo and 
mounted him. lie went that way with great 
self-complacency; but. wo said, “Tommy 
must go tlie other way.” The moment his 
head was turned he reared ; we clung to his 
mane and switched his Hanks with all our 
Strength; lie plunged, and we kept using 
our hickory; lie found we meant business, 
and did not like it; he sat straight upon his 
hind quarters; we slipped off and switched 
his belly until he was glad to stand natu¬ 
rally; the moment he was upright we were 
astride of him, tickling him vigorously with 
the switch ; finally he started, with a plunge, 
in the direction we wanted him to go; we 
gave him the reins, stopped whipping, and 
let him run ; but the moment he slacked up 
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Second Floor op Cheap Cottage. 
Fig. 2.—11,12iiiul 13, Bed-rooms; 10, Halt; c, c,c,o. 
Closets. 
we gave him tlie whip, and kept him at full 
speed until we saw we were exhausting his 
Second floor op farm House. 
Fig. 2.—B, Bed-rooms; C, Closets; T, Tank: P, It, 
Play-room. 
tite; but be very careful for several days, and 
when you commence feeding, feed very 
light.—J ohn Peters. 
Ti, Keep Flies from Teimimr Ilorses. 
A correspondent of the Rural New- 
Yorker writes.— 1 “ Carboline is said to de¬ 
stroy fill insects, and in a weak solution with 
water, will prevent flies from teasing horses, 
if they are washed with it, cure being taken 
not to get it into the eyes. Pennyroyal 
steeped in water, used as a wash, will pro¬ 
duce a similar effect.” 
Remedy for Heaves. 
The Spirit of the Times says:—Whatev¬ 
er increases the distension of the digestive 
organs, aggravates the complaint by increas¬ 
ing the difficulty of expanding the lungs; 
therefore the diet should consist of a liberal 
allowance of good oats and a limited quan¬ 
tity of the best timothy hay. Abstain from 
over distension of the lungs by too violent, and 
too sudden exertion, particularly after eating 
The food should he regularly given, in mod¬ 
erate quantities only; all the food given 
should he moistened ; water should be spar¬ 
ingly given, particularly in the working 
hours;'at night a moderate quantity may 
and should be allowed, but on no account 
let the horse drink his till at a trough. 
