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yard levels suggested by short flights of steps, the sunny position and 

 unconventional treatment of the living space, together with the perfection 

 of the working space, all testify to an industrious and joyous home life 

 founded on a love of freedom, sunshine, fresh air, and the great outdoors. 

 Other plans may be analyzed in a similar manner, the strength and 

 the weakness of various arrangements may be noted, and a sense of good 

 planning may be acquired. The larger farmhouse shown in Fig. 67 has 

 been inserted for personal study on the part of the readers. It rep- 

 resents a well-organized arrangement with a new feature introduced in 



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Fig. 67. — Plan showing well-organized arrangement 



the rear — a hired man's room with separate stairs leading to it. The 

 dignified, simple, and well-designed exterior shown in Fig. 66 will stimu- 

 late the imagination and serve to make the plan more realistic. 



It must not be supposed that the plans shown in Figs. 62, 64, and 65 are 

 perfect in every respect. No business office is included and they contain 

 fewer bedrooms than farmhouses of the past have provided. It must 

 be remembered that each of these houses was designed for a particular 

 family and for a particular farm site, as all successful houses should be. 

 Consequently they are not intended as models to be copied, but as illus- 

 trations of the principles of house-planning. If the principles of planning 

 are understood they may be applied, whether to new work or to alter- 

 ations. 



