. The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania, or, Its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, populary described . hile the post-oflBce is the distributer, and the two enable us LANCASTER COUNTY FARM, 37 to carry out the most admirable representative system which the -worldhas ever known; and so nicely do all its details harmonize with thelocal position, feelings and principles of our people, that probably noother form of government, no matter how liberal, would promoteour happiness and prosperity, or give one-fourth the strength and na-tional grandeur which now belong to th
. The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania, or, Its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, populary described . hile the post-oflBce is the distributer, and the two enable us LANCASTER COUNTY FARM, 37 to carry out the most admirable representative system which the -worldhas ever known; and so nicely do all its details harmonize with thelocal position, feelings and principles of our people, that probably noother form of government, no matter how liberal, would promoteour happiness and prosperity, or give one-fourth the strength and na-tional grandeur which now belong to the people of free America: Land of the forest and the rock, Of dark blue lake and mighty river,Of mountain, reard on high to mockThe storms career and lightning shock— My own green land forever! In passing through this splendid agricultural region, the strangerwill particularly observe the neatness and order which characterizethe general aspect of the scene of farming operations, the good fences,the substantial and comfortable buildings, and especially the impos-ing appearance of the barn. Nearly every large farm has a cluster. GENEUAI, APPEAKANCE OP A LANCASTER COUNTY FARM. of buildings, the most promient of wliieh is the barn, situated nestto the mansion-house, around which are scattered wagon and carriage-sheds, corn-cribs, spring-house, wash-house, summer diuiiig-house, etc. 38 LOCOMOTIVE SKETCHES. witli adjacent tenant house. The pride of a Pennsylvania farmer,however, is in his barn, and large sums of money are frequently ex-pended in its erection. The structure is usually placed along side ofa small hill, so that a four horse team may be driven into the barnfloor vrithout overcoming too steep a grade from the road, an arrange-ment equally desirable for other considerations. Barns are usuallyover one hundred feet in length, by about forty to sixty feet in depth—the loft and threshing-floor overarching by six or eight feet, thestables below forming a good shelter. Surpr
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