FARM STRUCTURES 



Bv K. J. T. EKBLAW, M.S. 



Associate in Agricultural Kn^m.-. rmt;, U sociate 



Member of Am iv of Agricultural Engineers 



Illus., Cloth, Crown 8vo, 347 pp., $1.75 net ; postpaid, $1.88 



In the preparation of this book it has been pui posed t provide a 

 treatise concerning farm structures which will appeal not only to the 

 teacher who desires to present the subi 'udents in a straightfor- 



ward and practical way, but to the progressive fanner who recogni/.es tin- 

 advantages of good farm buildings. The popular literature on this subject 

 consists mainly of compilations of plans accompanied by criticisms of more 

 .due, or of discussions of farmsteads too expensive or impractical 

 to be applied to present ordinary conditions. The elimination of these 

 faults has been among the objects of the author in the writing of this text. 



The development of the subject is manifestly the most logical, begin- 

 ning with a description of building materials, followed by a discussion of 

 the basic methods employed in simple building construction, then present- 

 ing typical plans of various farm buildings in which the principles of con- 

 struction and arrangement have been applied. Descriptions of th- 

 essential requirements in the way of equipment and farm-life conveniences 

 are appended. The illustrations have been prepared with the object of 

 making them truly illustrative and of aid in the understanding of the sub- 

 ject matter which they accompany. Comparatively few building j '; 

 included, since ino>t buil ing probh-m- ,iun local requirements 



that a general solution is impossible; however, the pl.ins presented are 

 typical, and are so suggestive in presenting fundamental principles that a 

 study of them will aid in the solution of any particular individual proMem. 



It is not intended that the study of this text will produce an architect; 

 but it is hoped that it will provide the student with a sufficient knowledge 

 of building operations to enable him, with some knowledge <>f carpentry, 

 to erect his oun minor strut tures and to differentiate between g< 

 bad construction in larger < 



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