CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGES 



I. Rural Homes 1-11 



II, The Farm as a Source of Income 12-42 



III. Educational Opportunity on the Farm 43-53 



IV. Selection and Purchase of Farms 54-64 



V. The Relation of the Farmer to the Lawyer . 



{Bif Eon. DeForest Van Fleet) . 65-73 



VI. Locating the House 74-86 



VII. Planning Rural Buildings 87-131 



VJII. Building the House — General Lay-out .... 132-157 



Building the Foundatious 138 



Wooden Houses — The Frame 142 



IX. Building the House, Concluded — Outside Cov- 

 ering, Painting 158-180 



Veneered Houses 168 



Old Houses 170 



Painting the House 173 



X. Inside Finish, Heating, and Ventilation .... 181-192 

 Heating and Ventilation 190 



XI. House Furnishing and Decoration 



{By Professor Mary Boherts Smith) . 193-203 



XII. Cleanliness and Sanitation — Water Supply and 



Sewage . {By Professor Mary Boherts Smith) . 204-223 

 Water Supply and Sewage 217 



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