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LESSON FOR THE FARM HOME 



L. H. Bailey, Director 

 Course for the Farm Home, Martha Van Rensselaer, Supervisor 



VOL. II. No. 39 



ITHACA, NEW YORK 

 MAY i, 1913 



FARM HOUSE SERIES 

 No. 6 



THE FARMHOUSE* 



Helen Binkerd Young 



The redirection of country life implies not only better farming con 

 ditions, but also better homes. Health 

 and happiness in the home are not 

 marketable commodities; and yet, if 

 estimated through a term of years, 

 real profit would accrue from such 

 household investment as would insure 

 more comfortable living conditions 

 and a healthier population. Many 

 rural houses represent an investment 

 of that kind; many more are in 

 need of a fundamental remodeling. 

 Such remodeling is often delayed 

 because the owner does not under- 

 stand how to set about his improve- 

 ments. 



In the near future, many new farm- 

 houses will be built. The mistakes 

 and triumphs of these structures will in 

 their turn be passed on for the next 

 generation to cope with or to enjoy. 

 The present generation should there- 

 fore feel its obligation to build wisely 

 for the future. To this end a rural 

 community should be interested in 

 discussing its housing problem from several viewpoints. 



* The Department of Home Economics is not equipped to plan houses professionally. House-planning 

 has been discussed primarily because it has a direct bearing on housework. The appreciation of good 

 planning, which results from studying organized arrangements, will guide future building in an economic 

 direction and will enable clients to state their requirements intelligently to an architect. 



Published semi-monthly throughout the year by the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell 

 University. Entered as second-class matter October 13, 191 1, at the post office at Ithaca- New York, 

 under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. 



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Fig. 59. — For the main entrance to the 

 house a little genuine design should be 

 afforded 



