vi Contents 



CHAPTER PAGES 



XIII. Household Administration, Economy, and Com- 



fort . . {By Professor Mary Eoherts Smith) . 224-236 



XIV. The Home Yard . {By Professor L. H. Bailey) . 237-248 

 XV. A Discussion of Barns 249-265 



Location 255 



Planning the Barn 259 



Water Supply 261 



XVI. Building the Barn — The Basement 266-287 



Excavation 268 



Walls 271 



Floors 277 



Stalls 280 



Mangers and Ties 285 



XVII. Building the Barn — The Superstructure . . 288-297 



XVIII. Remodeling Old Barns 298-305 



XIX. Outbuildings and Accessories 306 320 



Poultry Houses 306 



Piggeries 311 



The Silo 316 



XX. Lightning Protection {By H. H. Xorris, M.E.) . 321-335 



Metal Roofs 324 



Protecting Wooden Roofs 326 



XXI. The Fields * 336-345 



Fences 336 



Orchards = . 340 



Farm Garden 341 



