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The Farmstead 



A small farm house on a modest -sized farm 

 is shown in Fig. 13. The site is beautiful, and 

 is worthy of a house better fitted to the situa- 

 tion, the farm, and the farmer. The illustration 

 shows seven gables, and the house, therefore, 

 might serve as a model for a work of fiction ; 

 but the left-hand side of the house is like unto 

 the right-hand side, so it will not do for fiction, 

 for if the truth must be told, there are eleven 

 gables and twenty- two valleys on this house. 



The vine -covered veranda is most beautiful, 

 and looks cool and comfortable, but there are 

 too many vines, and, with the exception of a 

 few days in summer at midday, the air unde}' 



this veranda would be 

 damp and uncomfor- 

 table. It is far better 

 to secure shade by 

 means of awnings and 

 a few tall, well trim- 

 med shade trees, which 

 J preclude dampness and 

 permit air drainage, 

 than to overburden the 

 veranda with vines. 

 The covering of this veranda is an unprotected 

 floor, and extends along tlie front and well 

 around both sides. Notice the too expensive 

 balustrade and frequent fancy posts, an enlarged 



Fig. 14. Filigree work is expensive, and 

 does not look well on a farm house. 



