1849. 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
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SECOND FLOOR 
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rizontally along the side of wall until it 
reaches the partition of chambers, when 
it may rise diagonally to the centre. 
Some may prefer a sheet iron flue, 
which could, like a stove pipe, be re¬ 
moved from the chamber during the sum¬ 
mer months. Some may prefer to have 
the chimney rise direct, as tending to 
break the uniformity, which* by the 
way, seems among architects of the 
present day to be more the intention in their de¬ 
signs, than to give positions suited to the real wants 
of daily life. 
That my estimates of cost are correct, I can only 
say that they are such as I have contracted in building 
this house, and are therefore reality, and not fiction or 
supposition. 
Estimate of Cost. 
1,000 feet hewed timber, at 2c.,. 
4,134 
4,100 
1.200 
500 
200 
182 
$20 
inch pine boards, planed, 10£c.,.. 44 
11 roof boards, at 7c.,.. 28 
“ ^ inch, for battings,. 12 
“ H inch, second clear, at 13c. 6 
“ H “ “ say,...:.... 3 
“ 14 “ for water table,.. 1 
21.000 shingles, at $2.50,. 52 
968 feet, or 66 pieces, 4X4 scantling, 11 feet 
long; 320 feet, or 24 pieces, 10 feet long; 
171 feet, or 8 pieces, 16 feet long; 168 feet, 
3X4, 14 feet long; 576 feet, or 32 pieces, 
2X4, 18 feet long; 880 feet, or 80 pieces, 
2X4, 11 feet long; 176 feet, or 16 pieces, 
2X4, 11 feet long; 184 feet, 2X4. long as 
possible; 118 joists, 3X8, 16 feet long'; 16 
joists, 2X8, 10 feet long; 54 joists, 16 feet 
long—for ceiling joists. Estimate all the 
scantling at,. 50 00 
Joiner work, to frame, enclose, make sash, &c., 200 00 
Glass and putty for windows,. 20 00 
Nails, ... 15 00 
Door and window swings,. 10 00 
$464 70 
This is exclusive of the cellar wall and under¬ 
pinning, which, with the chimneys, may be 
(inclusive of materials,) made for,. 125 00 
Flooring,. 20 00 
Inside joiner’s work and lumber,. 150 00 
Lath and plastering,. 200 00 
Extras, 
$959 70 
. 40 30 
This of course, does not allow for the digging of cel¬ 
lar or hauling of lumber;—that must be calculated ac¬ 
cording as the distance is far or near. 
A green-house is, of course, extra; but if the 
house fronts to the north, it might be constructed, 
in rear of the dining-room, at a small expense— 
say thirty dollars. The front wall would of course, 
be all required, and that should or could be done 
with four-inch scantling, let into a sill of six by eight, 
boarded on each side, and filled with saw-dust or 
tan-bark;—the sash and roof being most of the expense. 
The heat could 
was there used. 
Ancient Price of Agricultural Labor. —In the 
year 1352, the 25th of Edward III., wages paid to hay¬ 
makers were but Id. per day; a mower of meadows 3d. 
a day, or 5d. an acre; reapers of corn, in the first week 
in August. 2d.; in the second, 4d. per day; and so on 
until the end of the month, without meat, drink, or other 
allowance, finding their own tools. For thrashing a 
quarter [about nine bushels] of wheat, 2|d; a quarter 
of beans, peas, barley, or oats, l|d. By the 13th of 
Richard II., in the year 1389, the wages of a bailiff of 
husbandry was 13s. 4(3. a year, and his clothing once 
during that period at most; a carter, 10s.; shepherd 
10s.; ox-herd, 6s. 8d.; cow-herd, 6s. 8d ; a day laborer, 
6s.; a driver of ploughs, 7s. In 1444, the 23d of Henry 
IV., the wages of a bailiff of husbandry were 23s. 4d. 
per annum, and clothing to the price of 5s., with meat 
and drink. In time of harvest a ipower had 4d. a day, 
and without meat and drink, 6d.; a reaper or carter, 
3d. a day—without meat or drink, 5d.; a woman 
laborer, and other laborers, 2d. a day—without meat 
or drink, 4|d. a day. By the 11th of Henry VII, 
1696, there was a like rate of wages, only with a little 
advance. 
Time of Cutting Hay. —John H. Garnet, of Va., 
cut 75 stalks of timothy grass immediately after “ the 
dropping of the bloom,” and again 75 when the seed 
was fully ripe; both were of the same length, and cured 
alike. The greenest cutting was found to weigh 121 
grains more than the other. 
$1000 00 
