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Index 



Crops, good and poor, 27; specialized, 

 baleful results of, 33. 



Dams for artificial pools, liow to con- 

 struct, 262. 

 Decorations inside, 193. 

 Deeds and abstracts, 67. 

 Demolins, ]M, quoted, 50. 



Economy, 224. 



Educating the eye and judgment, 107. 



Education, by contact with nature, 4; 



higher, concentration necessary, 52; 



higher, in the past, 13; industrial, 14. 

 Evolution of high wages, 25. 

 External construction, principles of, 



108. 



Farm buildings, concentrated and dis- 

 tributive, 251; concentrated system 

 preferable, 252; examples of mis- 

 takes, 89. 



Farm laborers, wages received by, 253. 



Farmers' contribution to economic 

 status of the United States, 9. 



Farms, selection of — climatic condi- 

 tions, 55; cheap lands, 56; water 

 supply, 57. 



Farms overloaded with buildings, 88. 



" Farming doesn't pay," 6. 



Fences, 336. 



Fields, the, chap, xxi, 336. 



Filigree work, not for farm houses, 

 96. 



First impressions, 116. 



Floors, basement, how to construct, 

 277; cows to stand upon, 280; stable, 

 wooden ones preferable, 278. 



Foundations for buildings, how 

 squared, 266. 



Foundation walls, properly and im- 

 properly bonded, 272. 



Frost pockets, 76. 



Furnishing, 193, 



Garden, farm. 341; planting the, 342. 

 Gingerbread cornices, 130. 



Ground floor unhealthy, 77. 

 Gypsum, use of in stables, 277. 



Heating. 190. 



Home education suggestions, 48. 



Home, old (should be preserved), 112; 

 suggestions for improvement of, 113. 



Home training, 46. 



Homestead, improving the old, 114. 



Horn-fly, reference to, 337. 



House, building the, chap, viii, 132'; 

 brick and stone houses, 169 ; chim- 

 neys—flue linings, 140, openings for, 

 141; excluding vermin from the, 135 ; 

 foundations, building the, 138 ; mor- 

 tar for foundations, 139 ; protecting 

 from frost, 136 ; the cellar, 133, 134. 

 Wooden houses— the frame, 142 ; 

 bridging the joists, 143 ; cutting 

 braces and rafters, 150 ; diagonal 

 boarding, 144 ; girders for second- 

 story joists, 145 ; made-up timbers, 

 146; old houses, 170; roofs— kinds of, 

 147, pitch of, 149 ; studding, size of, 

 143; the story-and-a-haK, 155. 



House furnishing and decoration, 

 chap, xi, 193 ; carpets vs. rugs, 196 ; 

 decorations, 200; draperies, 198; gen- 

 eral principles, 193-196. 



House, location of, 74; extremes, 75; 

 on elevated lands, 76, 80, 82. 



House of pioneer, where located, 75. 



House, old farm, an example of a good, 

 90-91. 



House sites— old and new, 84. 



House sites to be avoided, 82; near 

 middle of estate, 83; and highway, 

 83. 



House with many gables, 96. 



Houses, exposed and overshaded. 117, 

 118; planning, 94 ; studying other 

 models, 95; useless cost of, 95. 



Houses, farm, not a direct source of 

 income, 87; mistakes Tj.n building, 

 87; what they are for, 87. 



Houses, old farm, 85. 



Houses, veneered, 168. 



