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that the upper stories of city buildings are 

 healthier than the lower ones, and that the 

 ground floor is the most unhealthy of all. This 

 is the only objection to a one -story house. On 



Fig. 5. A liouse in the bottom of the vMlley and one on the mountain side. 



the level prairies little opportunity is offered for 

 locating the house above the level of the sur- 

 rounding country. Fortunately, many of the 

 prairies are undulating, and furnish most beau- 

 tiful locations for country homes. Much may be 



