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THE CULTIVATOR, 
Aval 
JPIiAHT OW A FARM HOfTSJC. 
The accompanying plan received the premium of the 
New-York State Agricultural Society, at the January 
meeting, 1848. The main object of the projector has 
been to furnish the best ground-plan for a complete 
farm house. The style of finish being regarded as a 
secondary matter, may be chosen according to the taste 
and circumstances of the builder. The representation 
here given, is ornamental, and at the same time com¬ 
patible with convenience and comfort. 
The committee on Farm Dwellings, &c., in submit¬ 
ting their report, make the following remarks in refe¬ 
rence to this design: u The ground plan gives an ex¬ 
cellent and convenient arrangement, which could not be 
better described than in the lady’s own words. The 
committee would say one word on the mode of warm¬ 
ing houses by means of heated air from a furnace, 
which is adopted in the plan offered. The same cor¬ 
rect notions of conveniences and comforts, that sugges¬ 
ted in the plan many of its arrangements, also suggests 
this most effectual, most economical and least danger - 
ons method of throwing a summer heat into all parts 
of even a large building. This supercedes all fires, 
excepting that essential bed of living coals in the kit¬ 
chen.” 
We extract, from the Transactions , the following 
description of the plan. 
The accompanying plan is designed to front south, 
with an elevation of thirteen feet from the sills to the 
roof. It should occupy somewhat elevated ground, slo¬ 
ping a little to the north, and should be raised on an un¬ 
derpinning to suit the ground. To give chambers to the 
size designated, the apex of the roof should be not less 
than twenty-two or twenty-three feet above the sills. 
It is highly proper to leave a space for air, between 
the finish of the chambers and the roof, which will 
vent the rooms from becoming heated in summer. 
