The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-05-04

FIG. xxxIu-FARM HOME BARE AND DESC
LATE FROM LACK OF TREES, SHRUBS
AND LAWN.
the cellar. The first course should be
Of hollow brick, laid end to end, and
connecting with tile drain on the
lowest side. In this way seepage
water will be kept out of the cellar.
A cement floor Is q great advantage
and 10 inexpensive, since the cement
need not be more than two or three
inches thick.
The cellar should be divided into
about four rooms. Hollow brick make
good partition walls and at the same
time help support the floor. One of
the rooms may be used for vegetables,
one for fruit, milk and butter, one
for a laundry and the fourth ce-
mented on the inside and used as q
eistern. II the furnace is used an
other room viii be necessary, or the
etstern can be located outside.
For an ordinary sized family a hun
6red barrel cistern IL about the right
size. A partition Of a double layer of
alter brick, with gravel and charcoal
packed between, should extend across
It. The water Is drawn out from the
opposite side of the filter from that to
which the pipe from the roof empties.
In this way the water obtained is pure
enough for cooking or drinking. A
plentiful supply Of soft water is
luxury that can be obtained so cheaply
that no one can afford to do without 1t.
Wood is still the cheapest and most
satisfactory building material. In
building the house the two extremes
Of size should be avoided. If the
house Is too small it win be crowded,
while If too large 1t costs more and is
harder to keep clean.
In arranging the rooms. convenience
and ease Of keeping In order are the
chief considerations. The large and
solemn spare ROOM" which was
opened only on state occasions, has
largely given way to the bright, cheer
full living room with its bookcases and
work and reading tables, which is
used every day and evening In the
year. This room, together with the
dining room, kitchen and bedroom,
with a wash and bath room If posi-
BILE, viii comprise the first story.
A wash room, with a sink and a
place for overshoes, coats and hats,
is a great help In keeping dirt out of
the kitchen. A bathroom is also
great convenience.
A cupboard in the wall between the
kitchen and dining room is handy, as
the dishes can be reached from either
side. A spring door between the two
rooms keeps out the flies and at the
same time opens easily. A bedroom
on the ground floor is almost ne
cessity. especially In the case Of sick
ness.
The upstairs viii of course be
largely devoted to bedrooms, although
It is often convenient to have one
small room fixed up for library. The
attic makes a good storeroom for seed
corn.
Probably the most satisfactory way
to heat the house is by furnace. This
is cheaper and cleaner than stoves. If
the furnace room is made large enough
to hold load of cobs and several tons
Of coal the work Of fire building will
be greatly reduced. A register In the
aalI upstairs viii be enough to take
the chill or the sleeping rooms. 1t is
a good plan to have furnace pipe run
to the kitchen, too, and use a gasoline
or kerosene range for cooking. This
is cheaper, handler and cleaner than
cook stove, and the kitchen can be
KEPT mach cooler I'm the summer time.