Chapter I: Front Matter

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~The Rural Science Series~
EDITED BY L. H. BAILEY

THE FARMSTEAD

THE FARMSTEAD

_THE MAKING OF THE RURAL HOME AND
THE LAY-OUT OF THE FARM_

BY

ISAAC PHILLIPS ROBERTS

Director of the College of Agriculture and Professor of Agriculture in
Cornell University; author of “The Fertility of the Land”

_FIFTH EDITION_

~New York~
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.
1910

_All rights reserved_

COPYRIGHT, 1900
BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

Set up and electrotyped January, 1900
Reprinted August, 1902; January, 1905;
August, 1907; June, 1910

~Mount Pleasant Press~
J. Horace McFarland Company
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGES

I. RURAL HOMES 1-11

II. THE FARM AS A SOURCE OF INCOME 12-42

III. EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY ON THE FARM 43-53

IV. SELECTION AND PURCHASE OF FARMS 54-64

V. THE RELATION OF THE FARMER TO THE LAWYER (_By Hon.
DeForest VanVleet_) 65-73

VI. LOCATING THE HOUSE 74-86

VII. PLANNING RURAL BUILDINGS 87-131

VIII. BUILDING THE HOUSE--GENERAL LAY-OUT 132-157
Building the Foundations 138
Wooden Houses--The Frame 142

IX. BUILDING THE HOUSE, CONCLUDED--OUTSIDE COVERING,
PAINTING 158-180
Veneered Houses 168
Old Houses 170
Painting the House 173

X. INSIDE FINISH, HEATING, AND VENTILATION 181-192
Heating and Ventilation 190

XI. HOUSE FURNISHING AND DECORATION (_By Professor Mary
Roberts Smith_) 193-203

XII. CLEANLINESS AND SANITATION--WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE
(_By Professor Mary Roberts Smith_) 204-223
Water Supply and Sewage 217

XIII. HOUSEHOLD ADMINISTRATION, ECONOMY, AND COMFORT (_By
Professor Mary Roberts Smith_) 224-236

XIV. THE HOME YARD (_By Professor L. H. Bailey_) 237-248

XV. A DISCUSSION OF BARNS 249-265
Location 255
Planning the Barn 259
Water Supply 261

XVI. BUILDING THE BARN--THE BASEMENT 266-287
Excavation 268
Walls 271
Floors 277
Stalls 280
Mangers and Ties 285

XVII. BUILDING THE BARN--THE SUPERSTRUCTURE 288-297

XVIII. REMODELING OLD BARNS 298-305

XIX. OUTBUILDINGS AND ACCESSORIES 306-320
Poultry Houses 306
Piggeries 311
The Silo 316

XX. LIGHTNING PROTECTION (_By H. H. Norris, M.E._) 321-335
Metal Roofs 324
Protecting Wooden Roofs 326

XXI. THE FIELDS 336-345
Fences 336
Orchards 340
Farm Garden 341

INDEX 346

THE FARMSTEAD