XL. FARM IMPROVEMENTS 



FRONT PORCH 



PARLOR. OR. 

 SITTING- ROOM 



DINING- 

 ROOM 



PANTRY 



PORCH 



HALL. 

 STAIR- 

 WAY 



UNDER the head of farm improvements may be included the 

 country home or house, and its surroundings, the barn, fences, 

 gates, and other things of this nature. 



The House. In building a house, our first concern is generally 

 to secure a suitable location. If possible a piece of ground should 

 be selected in which 

 the surface slopes 

 downward from the 

 house in every di- 

 rection, so that the 

 drainage will be as 

 nearly perfect as 

 possible. The site 

 should be reason- 

 ably close to the 

 road, and when 

 possible it will be 

 found best to have 

 the house face 

 south and east. 

 The cellar should 

 be well drained, 

 should be well sup- 

 plied with windows, 

 and should be kept 

 thoroughly aired 

 and ventilated. 



BED 

 ROOM 



KITCHEN 



PORCH 



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CISTERN 



First-floor plan of a two-story house. 



The cost of the 

 house and the kind 

 of materials used 

 will vary with the taste of the individual and the amount of money 

 that can be expended. A good arrangement is found in the two- 



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