PICTORIAL CULTIVATOR ALMANAC. 
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DESIGN FOR A COUNTRY HOUSE IN THE POINTED STYLE. 
A sensible, solid, unpretending country bouse, with an 
ail? of substantial comfort and refinement, indicating 
intelligent domestic life in the country, is exhibited by 
this design. The broad and massive veranda—the full 
second story, overshadowed by the overhanging eaves— 
the steep roof, to shed the snow, and afford a well ven¬ 
tilated attic, and 
the tasteful and 
convenient appen¬ 
dages of conserva¬ 
tory for plants on 
j one side, and 
I kitchen offices on 
j the other,—these 
| are all expressive 
of the compara¬ 
tively modest but 
cultivated tastes 
and life of sub¬ 
stantial country 
residents in the 
I older parts of the 
" Northern States. 
The windows are 
plain box frames, 
with rising, sashes, 
and outside blind 
shutters, adapting 
them precisely to 
our climate. To 
take away, how¬ 
ever, the ordinary 
Venetian expres 
sion of common 
shutter blinds, the slats for this are made 
much wider and bolder than usual, and the 
entire shutter is stained or painted a rich 
brown or dark oak color. 
Though mainly arranged for comfort, the 
plan is not without elegance. Thus, the en¬ 
trance hall, being unoc¬ 
cupied by stairs, be¬ 
comes a fine apartment, 
and being connected with 
a library of 
equal size, by 
large sliding 
doors, the ef¬ 
fect of this 
suite of forty- 
four feet, 
when thrown 
into one, will 
be very agree¬ 
able on enter¬ 
ing the house. 
The green¬ 
house may be 
heated by the 
same furnace 
which heats 
the house—a 
ten inch hot¬ 
air pipe and 
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II. COUNTRY HOUSE IN THE POINTED STYLE. 
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a large register, running through the basement and en¬ 
tering by the floor or side of the green-house. 
The second floor contains five large and excellent 
bed rooms, with a dressing room over the china closet, 
and a bath room over the pantry. The bed room over 
the hall is lighted by a fine oriel window, projecting 
over the front 
door. 
This design de¬ 
mands solid walls, 
either of stone or 
of brick, colored 
or covered with 
cement. The 
liight of the rooms 
in the first story is 
thirteen feet; in 
the second, nine 
feet. If built with 
hollow walls, it 
will need no fir¬ 
ring, and the par¬ 
titions being eight 
inch walls, it will 
be nearly fire 
proof, and may be 
built about as 
cheaply with brick 
as with wood.— 
The cost, finished 
in the very best 
manner, would be 
from six to seven 
thousand dollars. 
"Wash tor Buildings. —The following 
composition is said to be not only protective 
against fire, but to render brick work imper¬ 
vious to water. Lime is slacked with hot 
water in a tub, to keep in the steam. It is 
then passed, in a semi-fluid state, through a 
fine sieve. Take six 
quarts of this fine lime, 
and one quart of clean 
rock salt for each gallon 
of water, the 
salt to be dis¬ 
solved by 
boiling, and 
the impuri¬ 
ties skim¬ 
med off To 5 
gals, of this 
mixture add 
1 lb. alum, 4 
lb. copperas, 
fib. potash 
added grad¬ 
ually, 4 qts. 
fine sand or 
hard wood 
ashes, and 
color to suit, 
the intended 
purpose. 
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CREE/V 
HOUSE 
16 X 24. 
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CORN FOR 
One of the most profitable crops which the farmer can 
raise, is corn for fodder. Every one which we have 
known, who has tried it the right way, declares he 
cannot possibly do without this crop,* one ton of the 
dried fodder being nearly double the value of common 
cornstalk fodder. One of our neighbors lately assured 
us that he would rather have three tons of this for his 
cows, than four tons of the best hay. And yet, we 
have repeatedly raised it at a dollar and a half per ton 
when cured and dried, including in the cost, the interest 
of the land. It may be sown the first half of June. 
FODDER. 
Directions .—Plow and harrow—furrow with a one- 
horse plow in one direction, 24 or 3 ft. apart-—strew from 
a half-bushel hand-basket, at the rate of three bushels of 
seed per acre, along the furrows—cover with a harrow 
or cultivator run lengthwise—pass the one-horse culti¬ 
vator between the rows when the corn is a foot high; 
all the weeds will soon be smothered by the corn, and 
no hoeing is needed. Mow, bind, and dry very thorough¬ 
ly. Make very small stacks, to prevent heating—salt 
well. Four to six tons are yielded by one acre—the 
stalks being fine, all are eaten. Do not sow broadcast. 
