TTtuS DEC 
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NEW YORK, ANI) ROCHESTER, N. Y., SEPT 
l’RICE SIX CENTS, 
S2.50 PER YEAR. 
[Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1S74. by the Rural Publishing Compuny, in the Office ol the Librarun of Comtress at Washinston.] 
“a place for everytliing and everything in 
its proper place.” Six men and ten horses 
are employed in collecting milk and deliver¬ 
ing it to customers and doing the farm work. 
Single horse teo» v «- - employed 
ullecting and deliven'nfr The men 
w»o go on the delivery routes leave non,. , 
n the morning for Boston, i 
" nine tniles away.” When once on t he road, 
in a line, with the fastest walking horse 
ahead, the taen, well covered with blankets, 
sleep in their comfortable covered wagons 
frequently for an hour, while the horses fol¬ 
low their well-learned route toward the 
great city. On the arrival of the teams 
from Boston at about 15J o’clock, the empty 
milk cans are taken from the wagons to the 
can rooms, rinsed, thoroughly washed inside 
and outside, scalded with boiling water and 
placed nozzles downward on the can racks, 
there to remain until they are thoroughly 
dried and aired. 
The whole institution is so planned tnat, 
with the exception of the chamber work, 
the house work, milk house and stable work 
are all done on the ground floor, which is on 
a level throughout, and that too without, go 
ing out, of doors even to line the washings. 
The dining room is very large, and, as will 
be seen by' the plan, the range is located 
near the chimney in this room. It is but a 
few steps from the dining table t-o the pan¬ 
try. The dish closet is very conveniently 
located with respect to sink and dish drain¬ 
er, it being directly over tile case of draw 
ers in the plan of the pantry, and is provided 
with frame and glass doors. Water for the 
use of the house is drawn from a faucet at 
the right of the. sink. The refrigerator is ing. The watering tank is conveniently lo- 
very large, is a permanent flxtinv, and was eated, the horses having plenty of clean, 
constructed to order upon strictly scientific cool water in summer, and without ice in 
principles. winter. 
Can room, K, Is a noticeable feature of the lathe “Northeast corner” is a separate 
establishment,. In this retail is a portable can room, sink, cauldron and refrigerator, 
caldron for heating water for all washing which it was found necessary to fit, up in or- 
cans°. 3eS ‘ ,I,indrijd « of clean, bright milk der to keep pace with increasing business. 
racks at^L S,Zes are »*’ ran Ked in order upon The stable Is warm in winter, and thoroughly 
is stamped wYi eS aud overl,ead * Every can ventilated at the top. The windows are bal- 
room is very llgUl UW V cr ’ s fuU 1,am0 * The ancc<1 b >' weights. The milk house and 
at,ed The wagon ana , , f lor ”ug!hly vcntil- stable, doors roll on tracks and arej‘m , "“®®nt- 
oihlnto ,i i,nt ween the can '' Orator room is ed in the plau as being on >-(’•- * **" 
situated between the can room , ^ rMK)b -Varying room Is worthy of men- 
TCach route-man has two ho^ to bft <j r i v en t,ion amongst the many comforts and con- 
alternately—wagon and rclr. teraC( „ hig ven ienees or t,he establishment. Everybody 
exclusive use. knows the diSCuwijfort and danger of going 
The stable is truly a model onCy'^gjQg well from a heated warn. room into a briskly- 
devised for convenience of doing testable stirring, zero atmoapho. to hang out, 
work, and for the health and comfoi ot - the clothes. Washing is done evo. v Monday 
horses. Each stall is provided w+,jj a morning, rain or shine, and the clothe »miig 
hinged feed-box. When the horse is t, i )0 on the line. Then, if it be-drying weatho,, 
fed, tbe box is drawn out at the lop, it e _ the doors and windows are opened and the 
ing hinged at the lower edge. The hor* c | c thes are dried without being worn or tom 
cannot touch his feed until it is all ready for ()r b j ovvn away by the wind. This room has 
him, and the box is pushed in. Directly ^,n open floor and is also used as a plaoe for 
above the feed-box, in front of each horse, 'ashing wagons. 
is a window containing one large light of he buildings are thoroughly rodded with 
double thick glass, set in a sash or frame larg fluted, spirally-twisted, galvanized- 
vdiich is suspended by cords and weights in iron i-h tiling rods, having eighteen cluster, 
*ae, usual manner. The purpose bf these gilded ^pp cr points. The rods are connect- 
windows is to admit light and fresh air. In edby co,p yr couplings, and are well insula- 
verv cold weather these windows are kept ted with q ass insulators. There are nine 
A MODEL RURAL ESTABLISHMENT 
| both fo 
Rural, readers are here presented with 
an elevation, ground plan and description of | thre*. o’clock 
the desirable ami very conveniently arrang¬ 
ed Residence, Milk-House and Stable of Mr. 
Aldkn Jameson of Waltham, Mass., a.u es¬ 
tablishment particularly worthy the atten¬ 
tion of those engaged in the milk business in 
the vicinity of large towns. 
This place has not been selected for its 
elegance or costly exterior finish ; but on ac¬ 
count of its being the most excellently plan¬ 
ned system of buildings, for the purpose of 
which they were intended that, can be found 
in Massachusetts. With the exception of 
the original house, they were all planned 
with a strict regard to the saving of steps, 
by the owner himself, to whom we are in¬ 
debted for the excellent photograph from 
which our engraving was made, together 
with the correctly drafted plan; also for in¬ 
formation substantially as herein presented 
to our readers, which, if curel'ully read, will 
be found interesting and instructive, and 
have a tendency toward “ progress and 
improvement.” 
Mr. Jamkson makes a specialty of the 
milk business, having his dairies in Waltham 
and Lexington from year to year, and his 
regular customers in Boston, cultivating his 
farm of thirty acres in the mean time. 
