The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-11-21
,RMERS' HOMES.


,RMERS HOMES.
!. iiaI iiiey Were, Arc, ard Ought tO be
II home l. iittle heaven on earth
it Is a ~ jscl worthy of much though
aud study, and the abode OF the famii.
should not be located IN some low
damp place, unprotected and unadorn
ed by trees, with slovenly appear
ance both indoors and out. We d
not assocIate The ideas Of heaven will
damp, n2larial atmosphere, nor will
darkness, mud and filth.
Our first suggestion, then, for tht
i'm FoVement Of farmers homes Il
that more thought be bestowed upGr
the site. Convenience for work anc
shelter from c"ld winds would seen
20 be ihe only consideration with som,
farmers liz choosing slte for thell
lone 1t may be very convenient, 81
iar ~ wol K il concerned, 10 bc located
near tie c,.ntsr oi the farm, and TO DE
able 10 step from the front door into
the street and from the back door into
ihe barn yard, hut such is not site
Tor the home, II is not the Tetlred'
quiet, comfortable place elat We as
rociate With home. Work is man =
heritage and blessing, but God never
designed the world 20 be merely one
,rrea: workhouse. Refinement and
beauty are as manifestiy the design of
the Creator, as is utility, and he who
would build Alright must initiate the
great Architect, and combine consid-
erailons of health and comfort with
those OF labor and profit
The house should be located not
only at suitable distance from the
noise and thedust of the highway, but
also from the filth and eflluvia of the
pig-ucn. The house is not made for
the barn, but the barn for Che house,
and the wind shonld circulate freely
and largely between the two We
have known a corner of n barn finished
off for the residence of the farmer,
and noiling short of necessity should
compel a man TO shelter his family un
der the same roof with lis dumb
beasts. Il has been said that farmer
can he known 10y his barn. There Is
truth IN this, hut whoever puts the
barn first and the house second, has
more farmer than man about him, and
viii probably plan Gnd labor more
y,eTsi~tcntly for the Thrift OF his stock
ihsn the comfort ui his household. A
green, weI-shavei lawn IN front OF
the farm, where the children can romP
and play, and the wife can cultivate
few flowers, is one of the rights on
which every woman should insist.
Another suggestion as TO the site OF
lie iarm house is that 1t SHOULD be or
some elevation, above the logs and
IniA-ms OF the valley, and command
ing a pleasant il not extensive lookout
We have seen so many prairie farm
houses squatted in the mud that we
have learned to prize the high ard
dry sites which are scattered SD pro
iusely through New England, and we
have often wondered that, Sith such
site on almost every farm, SO many
Louses are built in low, damp, un-
healthy situations. The reason, prob
ably is that the owners have the i'm
preston that the elevated rite must
be bleak and cold The winds may
indeed strike the house on the hill
with some force, but as for the cold,
it Is always colder in the valley, OF a
stiil At night, than on the hill. Corn
is .rosi bitten later in the spring and
cartier in the tall in the HousatOnic
valley than on the elevated and dry
sites which overlook il. We say dry
sites. for not every elevation IS free
iram tie damp, chilling and unhealthy
Influences which emanate from IrGrsh
es. We find cold, marshy swamps as
frequently on the hills as in the valleys,
aud in their neighborhood we may
hook for early trosts aud malaria ie
vers.
Another suggestions j., that every
farm Louise be built where the sun
shines for the most hours of each day,
ani ,he most days in each year. There
is lie IN sunshine, and he is not wise
vino Places his house where the suu
does rot Iise till late in the morning
and sets early inthe evening, or where
during the whole day, it is rendered
dark and dismal hy dense foliage
Trees have their uses, but il VA
never the design of Providence thai
man Il, nd live in n forest, Even th,
Wild beasts, who make their hom'
there, contrive TO make frequen: SUI
bith.
On the sheltered, sunny side O
scme ledge of rocks, or in the south
pTn slope OF some hill where the raw
Of the sun fall most perpendicularIy
there the forestboIn beasts, most d,
congregate. The nimbIe squire
climbs to the sunlight on the limb O
some tree and there takes his sun bath
hut the hunter always finds him doz
ing with one eye open, and he is yer,
art to slip into the shade when h,
ears the click of the gun. Even III,
mud turtle, that is commonly suppose,
TO love darkness rather than light !
iound basking on some log or rocL
each sunny day. Tie same love ,
sunshine is manifested by all the inter
i,r animals. Why should man, er
dorned with reason, be less wise tha
the beast with only instinct for b
guide?
We would by no means convey Il
idea that the home should have I
trees to shelter the location from Il
summers heat and winters cold "
would plant trees for both these pu