The New England farmer . his tools. A trained artist will drawa tolerable likeness of any object with pen andink, a common lead pencil, a bit of charcoal,or a heated poker. Why, then, may not far-mers and gardeners employ the materialswithin their reach to express their sense of thebeautiful ? Why should they resort to paintedboards whenever they wish to build an orna-mental gate, bridge, or seat ? Even our house-builders and furniture makers have discoveredthat the natural veins or fibres of wood, evenof our own birds-eye maple, are fully equal tothe more expensive imitations of the grain-ers
The New England farmer . his tools. A trained artist will drawa tolerable likeness of any object with pen andink, a common lead pencil, a bit of charcoal,or a heated poker. Why, then, may not far-mers and gardeners employ the materialswithin their reach to express their sense of thebeautiful ? Why should they resort to paintedboards whenever they wish to build an orna-mental gate, bridge, or seat ? Even our house-builders and furniture makers have discoveredthat the natural veins or fibres of wood, evenof our own birds-eye maple, are fully equal tothe more expensive imitations of the grain-ers. Why may not, then, the gnarled trees,the crooked sticks and roots, so abundant onour premises, be made to express an idea of These plans are not working models, but sim-ply outlines, to be varied and filled up accord-ing to circumstances, the materials on handand the taste of the builder. In many placessuch structures would look better, and moreharmonious than elaborate carpenter work andgaudy paint, however RL3TIC BRIDGE. the mind as well as subserve a more practicalpurpose ? To illustrate this principle we copy thismonth from the Rural New Yorker a plan of agateway designed to separate the garden fromthe lawn or front yard, in connection with arustic side seat, and also of a bridge over abrook or ditch. The bridge is made by spring-ing poles and fastening the ends on each bank. CHEESE FACTORY reply to an inquiry for the cost of theimplements, &c., to manufacture 300 or 400gallons of milk per day into cheese, Mr. X. says in the Western Rural:— I. A vat holding 500 gallons with heater underneath will cOst at the manufactory about $200. The above price will include smoke pipe, elbow, whey strainer, syphon, etc. For curd knife, presses, and hoops, say $50 to $00 more. II. It is not customary in New YorkState for manufacturers to purchasethe milk used in cheese manufacturer usually has no pe-. cuniary interest in the milk. lie
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