The Selkämä slash-and-burn farmer's house from the 1840s was brought to the museum from Pieksämäki in Southern Savonia. The house is also known as "Rieska," which refers to the abundant barley harvest. In slash-and-burn agriculture, trees in the forest are cut down and left to dry in place. Afterward, the trees are burned, and crops are sown into the burned soil. Thanks to the nutrient-rich soil, the yield is many times greater than traditional field farming, but only for a few years. After that, a new area had to be cleared and burned again. The house is of the double-room type, and its large room was originally a smokehouse.