A. J. (Andrew Jackson) Downing

The Architecture of Country Houses; Including Designs for Cottages, Farm-houses, and Villas, with Remarks on Interiors, Furniture, and the Best Modes A. J. (Andrew Jackson) Downing

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: ...window, so as to keep the apartment warm in winter. In the rear of this is a large corn-crib. In the centre of the rear range of the farmery is the grain barn, 30 by 75 feet, and two stories high, with doors on both sides, so as to drive a loaded grain wagon on the main floor. In the basement of this barn should be a space for horse power, connected with fanning-mill, threshing-machine, and straw-cutter on the floor above. On the left of the grain barn are two large sheds, the lower part being open for shelter for cattle, and the upper part being filled with hay. On the right are similar sheds for sheep, Mrith jay-lofte over them. For greater convenience and cleanliness, the yard of the farmery has been divided into 4 parts, all opening into one, however, by gates, and the two main yards for cattle and sheep opening into farm lanes by the gates at L L. In the centre is a large trough or reservoir, W, kept full by a hydraulic ram. which gives a constant supply of water to all the yards, without any labor for the farmer About Philadelphia, and in many parts of this state, the Hydraulic ram--the most perfect little water engine known--is used to supply barn-yards and farmeries with water. Wherever there is a perpetual spring or stream, within a few hundred feet of the barns, the overflow of which will fill a pipe of inches bore, a hydraulir Fig. 101, which is the elevation of the front range of the farmery, on the line A B, will give an idea of the exterior appearance of a part of the buildings. They are here supposed to be built of wood, with roof projecting 20 inches, weatherboarding vertical, with plain battens, 2 inches wide. This plan, and, indeed, all others made without knowing the special wants of the farm for which they are intended, must only be rega...