. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. 154 THE BOOK OF THE FARM WINTER. in length, 10 feet in breadth, and 10 feet in hight. A door from it, and another from the kitchen, open on a lobby common to both, and which lobljy ijivcs access by another door to the principal kitchen entrance-door Fig. GROUND PLAN OF A KITCHEN, tC. OF A FAUM-HOUSE. through the porch p. The porch p, 6 feet square, is erected for the pur- pose of screening both the kitchen and scullery from wind and cold, a
. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. 154 THE BOOK OF THE FARM WINTER. in length, 10 feet in breadth, and 10 feet in hight. A door from it, and another from the kitchen, open on a lobby common to both, and which lobljy ijivcs access by another door to the principal kitchen entrance-door Fig. GROUND PLAN OF A KITCHEN, tC. OF A FAUM-HOUSE. through the porch p. The porch p, 6 feet square, is erected for the pur- pose of screening both the kitchen and scullery from wind and cold, and it contains the back entrance-door, and is lighted by a window. On the out- side, and in front of the porch-door, is r, the rain-water cistern, fig. 30, p. 134. On going to the right from the kitchen to the hitchen-pantry Ic, is a wall-press in the passage. The pantry k is provided with a door ; a win- dow, which should look to the east or north; a larder /, and abundance of shelving at o ; it is 12 feet square, having a roof of 10 feet in hight. With- in this pantry is the milk-house or dairy m, having two windows also facing to the north or east; a lock-up closet n, and shelving o around the walls; it is 18^ feet in length, 12 feet in breadth, and 10 feet in hight. (227.) These are the different apartments, and their relative positions, required for conducting the business of a farm within the house, and in the fitting up of which are many particulars which require attention. The floor of the kitchen should be of flagged pavement polished, that it may be cleaned with certainty and ease. The outside wall and ceiling should be lathed, and all the walls and ceiling plastered with the best hair-plaster. Iron hooks, both single and double, should be screwed into the joists of the roof, from which may be suspended hams or other articles. The dressers g are best made of plain-tree tops and black American birch frames, the chairs of the latter wood, and the stools of common fir. I
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