210 The Farmstead 



boiler of at least twenty gallons capacity, at- 

 tached to the kitchen range, to supply hot water 

 for laundry work and bathing ; a kitchen sink 

 and a bath-tub, each with hot and cold water 

 faucets and waste pipe to sewer or cesspool; 

 and a water-closet. These are the essentials; 

 but, if possible, a stationary wash stand and two 

 laundry tubs, with hot and cold water pipes, 

 should also be provided. In the farm house it 

 will save expense and many steps for the house- 

 wife, and will encourage frequent use, if all 

 these be located on the first floor ; the boiler in 

 a cupboard in the wall of the kitchen, which 

 may be shut in summer and opened in winter ; 

 the sink in the kitchen, or if preferred, in a 

 pantry between the dining room and kitchen ; 

 the bath-room and stationary washstand in a 

 room either opening out of the kitchen or out 

 of the family bedroom, or out of a rear pas- 

 sage ; the water-closet should be in some well 

 ventilated space, on an outside wall, where the 

 noise of the fixture will be as little heard as 

 possible. It should have an outside as well as 

 an inside entrance. It is customary to place 

 the closet in the bath-room, but this often in- 

 terferes with the general use of the washstand 

 and bath-tub by the family, and should be 

 avoided. The nearer all plumbing fixtures are 

 to each other, the less expensive they are to 



