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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Communication. 
Bartle’s Drill Barrow—[Fig. 46.] 
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a. Hopper of tin, to set in cast iron hopper, a. b. Seed 
barrel, of iron, brass or hard wood. c. Handles, 5 feet long, 2[ 
inches by 1^. d. Wheel 17 inches diameter, with inch bead 
to make farrows, e. Leather band or strap. /. Conductor, 
of tin or leather, g. Legs 2| inches by 1£. n. Slats 2£ in¬ 
ches by 1^. i. Band wheels, each 4h inches diameter. The 
frame is made of white pine, screwed and morticed together. 
Messrs. Editors— -The above drill barrow has been invent¬ 
ed by Mr. Andrew Bartle, and used by him for the last year. 
It answers beyond the anticipations of himself or friends. 
The seed barrel is 5 inches long, and. by the hopper, is 
divided into four parts. No. 1, (or that on the left,) is so ar¬ 
ranged as to sow turnep seed. No. 2 for onions, and will 
answer for carrots, (the latter should be rubbed between the 
hands, before planting,) No. 3, for beets and mangel wurtzel. 
No. 4, for garden peas and ochra. The holes in the cylinder 
(six for each kind of seed) are made in each case, to hold 
3 or 4 seed; and each reamed out a little larger on the sur¬ 
face of the cylinder that the seed may be discharged with 
ease. For turneps, onions, peas and ochra, the chain will 
answer well for covering. For beets and mangel w’urtzel, the 
rake or harrow is used. The object of Mr. Bartle is to let 
the agricultural community have the free use of his inven¬ 
tion or improvement. A. B. McCLEAN. 
New Land Coulter—[Fig. 47.] 
The New Land Coulter I have not seen laid down. I 
conseder it a valuable implement; and one that should be in 
the possession of every farmer who has new land to take 
up; it is sufficiently strong to be worked by three or four 
mules or three yoke of oxen, and will nearly do away the 
necessity of grubbing. The handles a, are fixed on to the 
sides of the beam and supported at the head of the heel piece 
b, by a strong oak or hickory pin. 
The beam c, is 4 by 5 inches in the centre and 3 by 4 
inches at the ends. The heel piece b, is 2J inches square at 
the lower, and 3 inches at the upper end. The coulter d, is 
made of 1J inch square iron, and left full size; the brace and 
heel bolts are f round iron. A cleet is nailed on the side of 
the beam to hold an axe. ^ 4* McO. 
Bryorfield, Elizabeth City Co., Va. March 24, 1840 . 
Parker’s Butter Table— [Fig. 48.] 
I send you a rough drawing and description of a table for 
vorking butter, inventend by me, on which a woman, with 
, little practice, can work forty founds of butter, and work in 
he salt, as easy as she can ten with a bowl and butter spoon. 
1 joiner can make one in about a day. Every dairyman 
•ught to have one. Any one who has a mind to build one, 
:an. There is no patent on them. I sell the tables for $3. 
Letters a. a. a. the sides and ends of the frame, 24 inches 
leep 14 thick; sides 3 feet long; end 20 inches long, with a 
Toovem them, 1[ inches below the top, for the bed of the 
able B. to rest in, which ought to be fths of an inch thick. 
, c. c. c. legs, 26 and 21 inches long—D. D. arms, 3 feet 
ong, 1 inch thick, with the handle framed across the ends— 
e short arms 22 inches long, connected with the long arms 
vith buts and screws—F. butter worker, 4 inches wide and 
»inches thick, on the back side, and worked nearly to an 
dse on the front side— g. spout for the butter-milk. 
%Zvn, Jan. 25,1840? JAMES PARKER. 
PLAN OF A FARM DWELLING-HOUSE. 
Messrs. Editors —I transmit for your consideration the 
above plans of a Farm Dwelling-House; which plans, and 
also the premium plans published in the 7th number of the 
6tli volume of the Cultivator, are original. Many, particu¬ 
larly those unacquainted with architecture, will suppose 
these several plans are a fac simile of their own dwellings, 
when in fact they may differ as much as a rectangle does 
from an ellipsis; to such I would say, reperuse, and convince 
yourselves you are in error. 
In presenting to the public, plans of Dwelling-Houses, I 
am well aware that different persons, aside from their means 
in a pecuniary point of view, will have different tastes?: some 
when about to build, w r ill have a prejudice that any thing 
new, will not admit even of a perusal; they must build in 
every respect like their neighbor Mr. Somebody's house, 
though as inconvenient as it well can be—and probably cold 
enough to freeze water over night. 
In this age, when improvements in agriculture, manufac¬ 
turing, and the mechanic arts, &c. are the order of the day 
and the spirit of the age ; I am right glad to perceive, that 
in many sections of the United States, liberal encourage¬ 
ment is given to improve our architecture. 
Among the numerous arts and sciences that embellish life, 
there is not one more beneficial and ornamental to mankind 
than architecture; from the wigwam of the savage to the pa¬ 
lace of the monarch, its utility is appreciated, and its advan¬ 
tages are acknowledged. 
Rude and barbarous among the wandering tribes that seek 
shelter in the desert from the inclemencies of the seasons, 
and the ferocity of wild beasts that prowl for prey, it advan¬ 
ces from the dictates of simple necessity to convenience and 
comfort, as we mount upward through the scale of civilized 
society, till comfort gives place to the accommodations which 
contrivance provides for ease and luxury, and till it beams 
upon us with splendor in the mansions of the living, and the 
mausoleums of the dead. 
If any one class more than another, are entitled to conve¬ 
nience, durability and elegance, it is the farmer—the hard- 
handed and honest-hearted farmer; whose industry, prudence 
and perseverance has gained him an independence, that no 
other art, science, or profession can boast of—and who may 
truly say, as did Selkirk, 
I am monarch of all I survey, 
My right there is none to dispute. 
A habitation then for such an one to dwell in, should be 
convenient in all its apartments—of the most durable mate¬ 
rials, and consequently finished in the most modern style of 
architecture. . 
In drafting the plans, and in making an estimate ot tbe ex¬ 
pense, I have calculated on a stone structure; the main build¬ 
ing 38 feet long and 27 feet wide, with an addition m the 
rear 28 J feet by 24 feet—also, a wood house, which is indis¬ 
pensable to a farmer, 52 feet long and 20 feet wide, off the 
length of which a wash room is finished, which would be 
convenient for a wash room or cheese room, adjoining the 
fire-place of which is the oven, and on the opposite side (the 
wood-house side,) an arch is built to receive caldron kettles 
for the use of the farm. 
The estimate is made out as labor and materials can be 
obtained where I live—good building stone being a quarter 
of a mile distant, and of a quality that a sufficient quantity 
could be procured for water-table window sills, door thresh- 
holds, and window and door caps. _ ... 
Being of opinion that an open fire-place is not as injuri¬ 
ous to health, and certainly more pleasant than a stove, I 
have in addition to a fire-place in both front rooms, and one 
in the wash room, placed one in bed-room C. on fig. 49, which 
would be found useful in case of sickness—the kitchen is 
intended for a stove, the chimney to receive the pipe, to com¬ 
mence in the wall immediately over the sink in the kit¬ 
chen. 
Let it be borne in mind, that the dimensions as above gi¬ 
ven of the main building, the rear part, and the wood-house, 
are, including the walls, which are two feet thick except the 
upper story of the main building, which is diminished six 
inches, leaving the wall eighteen inches thick. 
Over the wash-room, is a room to keep and turn the cheese, 
accessible by stairs out of wash-room, which stairs also lead 
to room over the wood-house, convenient for a wool room, 
lighted from gable end of wood-house. 
It will be perceived, that there is no communication from 
the back stairs or back part to the rooms in the main build¬ 
ing on the attic story, except to room D. in order to keep the 
front rooms and front stairs clean. 
Explanation of Fig. 49.—A. & B. front dining and sit¬ 
ting rooms, C. &D. bed rooms, E. bed room, F. kitchen, G. 
cellar stairs, H. passage to door 1, and back stairs, I. But¬ 
tery, J. wash-room, K. wood-house, L. sink, M. back door, 
N. front door, O. door to room C., P. door out of lobby into 
kitchen, Q. door way into room D, R. door out of kitchen 
