FARM STRUCTURES 



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



Associate in Agricultural Engineering, University of Illinois ; Associate 

 Member of American Society of Agricultural Engineers 



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



In the. preparation of this book it has been purposed to provide a 

 treatise concerning farm structures which will appeal not only to the 

 teacher who desires to present the subject to his students in a straightfor- 

 ward and practical way, but to the progressive farmer who recognizes the 

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

 consists mainly of compilations of plans accompanied by criticisms of more 

 or less value, 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 the more 

 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 plans are 

 included, since most buil ing problems possess so many local requirements 

 that a general solution is impossible; however, the plans 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 problem. 



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 of carpentry, 

 .to erect his own minor structures and to differentiate between good and 

 bad construction in larger ones. 



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