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RURAL ARCHITECTURE.
BEING A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION
OF
FARM HOUSES, COTTAGES,
AND
OUT BUILDINGS,
COMPRISING
WOOD HOUSES, WORKSHOPS, TOOL HOUSES, CARRIAGE AND WAGON HOUSES,STABLES, SMOKE AND ASH HOUSES, ICE HOUSES, APIARY OR BEE HOUSE, POULTRYHOUSES, RABBITRY, DOVECOTE, PIGGERY, BARNS AND SHEDS FOR CATTLE,&c., &c., &c.
TOGETHER WITH
LAWNS, PLEASURE GROUNDS AND PARKS; THE FLOWER, FRUIT AND VEGETABLEGARDEN. ALSO, USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL DOMESTIC ANIMALS FOR THE COUNTRYRESIDENT,&c., &c., &c.
ALSO,
THE BEST METHOD OF
CONDUCTING WATER INTO CATTLE YARDS AND HOUSES.
BY LEWIS F. ALLEN.
BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED.
NEW YORK:
C. M. SAXTON,
AGRICULTURAL BOOK PUBLISHER.
1852.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852.
By Lewis F. Allen,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States
for the Southern District of New York.
Stereotyped by
JEWETT, THOMAS AND CO.
Buffalo, N.Y.
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ADVERTISEMENT.
The writer of these pages ought, perhaps, to apologize for attemptinga work on a subject, of which he is not a professional master,either in design or execution. In the science of Farm buildings heclaims no better knowledge than a long practical observation has givenhim. The thoughts herein submitted for the consideration of thoseinterested in the subject of Farm buildings are the result of thatobservation, added to his experience in the use of such buildings, and aconviction of the inconveniences attending many of those already plannedand erected.
Nor is it intended, in the production of this work, to interfere withthe labors of the professional builder. To such builder all who may bedisposed to adopt any model or suggestion here presented, are referred,for the various details, in their specifications, and estimates, thatmay be required; presuming that the designs and descriptions of thiswork will be sufficient for the guidance of any master builder, in theirerection and completion.
ivBut for the solicitation