. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. many farmers do that we know of. BDILDINO A HOUSE. This is a good time for building either a house or any needed out-building. How few farmers have habitable houses, such as a wife and family of children require to be comfortable, such a house as they will take a pride in calling Aojne—home, the most sacred of names—a place that should be consecrated to every good that life is capable of enjoying—the center of our affections and the scene of our dearest joys. It
. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. many farmers do that we know of. BDILDINO A HOUSE. This is a good time for building either a house or any needed out-building. How few farmers have habitable houses, such as a wife and family of children require to be comfortable, such a house as they will take a pride in calling Aojne—home, the most sacred of names—a place that should be consecrated to every good that life is capable of enjoying—the center of our affections and the scene of our dearest joys. It should be made a comfortable abode for our bodies, convenient for the arrangements of the household, so handi- ly arranged in every way as to make house-heeping as little laborious as pos- sible, well supplied with air, sunlight and shade, with water pure, and surrounded with such attractive features as the culti- vation of trees and flowers will always give. Paint and whitewash should never become too dingy, but reflect from with- out the brightness and light that shall be an index of the lives and cheerfulness within. In building a new bouse, don't set it nearer than three feet to the ground. Let the wall be high, the windows large, and if you don't build but half of the house at once, let that half be substantial, and let it comprise an ample kitchen, as con- veniently arranged as you can contrive it; and if you have to wait, let the parlor be the last room added. Remember that pure air and sunshine are blessings that we should never debar from our living and sleeping rooms and contrive accord- ingly. FARM OTTT-BTnLDINGS. A roof to shelter stock as well as straw and hay should be also considered a ne- cessary part of every farm. An expensive barn is really not the most desirable thing on a farm in our climate. They may need such things in Maine and Minnesota, but in California a shelter from rain and winds is all that stock requires, and a shelter from the rain is wha
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