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tect and client may be straightforward and sincere from the start. 

 Absolute frankness on both sides will speed the work and keep down 

 the cost. 



Few persons believe that they have no right to build until professional 

 help can be afforded; yet such a position would be well taken. Houses 

 stand not for a month nor for a year, but for generations; by them the 

 thrift of a community is judged, by them the ideals and taste of a com- 

 munity are formed. He who deliberately builds an ugly house condemns 

 himself as a poor citizen; while he who builds a beautiful house proves 

 himself a good citizen, for his personal effort contributes to the public 

 welfare. 



BOOKS FOR REFERENCE 



F. H. King. Ventilation for dwellings, rural schools, and stables. Pub- 

 lished by the author, Madison, Wisconsin 



Lynde, Carleton. Home waterworks. Sturgis & Walton Company, 

 New York 



Putnam, X. W. The gasoline engine on the farm. Norman W. Henley 

 Publishing Company, New York 



Roberts, Isaac Phillips. The farmstead. The Macmillan Company, 

 New York 



Schneider, N. H. Electric light for the farm. Spon & Chamberlain, 

 123 Liberty Street, New York 



Stickley, Gustav. Craftsman homes. The Craftfman Publishing Com- 

 pany, New York 



White, Charles E., Jr. Successful houses and how to build them. The 

 Macmillan Company, New York 



ACKNOWLEDGMENT 



The author desires to make acknowledgment for illustrations in this 

 bulletin as follows: 



Figs. 60, 66, and 67 are reproduced from a bulletin on " Farm Architec- 

 ture " by E. T. Wilson, and are published through the courtesy of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



Figs. 62, 63, 65, and 69 are reprinted from plans drawn by Robert C. 

 Spencer, and printed in the Reading-Course for Farmers No. 28, a bulletin 

 by Professor C. A. Martin of Cornell University. 



Figs. 71 and 72 were drawn by George R. Thomson, Architect, and 

 represent the home of Professor H. C. Davidsen, Ithaca, New York. 



