The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-10
Money judiciously Expended In
Its Construction and Plan
ming Wisely Invested
PLANS BY SPECIALISTS
EndeavOr Made To Provide
Good Lines and Pleasing
Proportions = Special En-
phasis Is Also Placed On
Conditions Conducive To
Health of The Family

Nv ! Ostttt |
Washington, D.. c., March THE |
Department of Agriculture has made
public the first of a series of plans
for farmhouses to be repar by its
specialists with q view to enabling
to construct inexpensive and
better homes. The basis of the in
quiry is the belief that the farm
house is the most important building
on the farm and money judiciously
expended in its planning and con-
~struction is well invested. The OBJ
iects sought in the plans are to pro-
vide structures reasonable in cost and
OF good MATERIAL, and SO arranged as
to give the maximum in health. COM
tort and happiness to the family, and
added convenience to the housewife
in her domestic operations.
The plans made public are for the
construction of an inexpensive farm
tenant house, although the house as
planned contains many valuable sub
gestiOns for owners with small fani-
lies. The provision of proper tenant
houses on farms it is believed is Of
increasing Importance to farm man
agenent because of the increasing
liuIi!pcI Oh rented 1dTInS, the growing
demand OF tenants for modern houses,
and a better understanding of the in
Huences Of h home upon farm labor
and field efficiency. The census re-
port of 1910 shows an increase dur
ing the previous ten years of more
than $4,000 rented farms, Many OF
the new enant moved into good
houses vacated by the owners. but
nan others are living in buildings
wholly JJnc1itad to fhair moods Tbs
cost Of these houses commonly is in
consistent with the value of the
farms, and the lack Of improvements
in them too often is in striking con
trast with the outbuildings, farming
machinery, and field equipment.
The important principles Of plan.
ming, applicable to all buildings, which
effect saving in construction and III
the performance Of indoor work hay
peen carefully considered in thes'
plans. Endeavor has been made tt
provide good lines and pleasing pro
portions which are essential to gen
zine beauty in all structures, and ar
the production Of skillful designin:
J rather han OF additional materia
md labor.
Special emphasis has been put up
IN providing q little home that viii
be conducive to the health Of tn
i, family, provide for it's social and do
) mestice needs, and save unnecessar.
t steps and operations on the part 0
the houSekeeper. -
2 The architects studies seem t
make it clear thai many homes i
: towns as we'll as in the country coul
. have been greatly improved and a
: the same time built at less expense
: they had been studiously planned t
| meet the family needs, skilifully de
signed, aad carefully constructed.
G The Tenant House.
The tenant house Is a simple
u four-cornered structure, Wlthou
e bay windows, gables and dor
g mers, OF anx projection save the co
g nice, which overhangs II protect
the walls and window openings. Th
e house is planned for the smallest d
mansions and the most ineXpensiv
arrangement consistent with the neee
e1 and the convenience Of a small famil.
!, It has but one chimney and but OF
It outside entrance.
J. The Single Door
The home has but one entrant
which would be insufficient in a tow
house and it may be in this one: bi
another door can te gotten into TT
plan only by a sacrifice Of wall an
floor space, which cannot be spare
or by increasing the size and cost
Il the house, which in connection VIII
this problem cannot be done. If
door is substituted for one Of IL
: three windows i'll the south end
? the living room the best part Of It
# room will be ruined. Moving the e
re trance door to the south SIDE Of t
pe~ch would not only restrict the us
c. If the porch, but recessif'te an ou
n side door in the kitchin which in tCr
r.. would necessitate a corresponding i
crease in tht oor and wall space
% The Kitchen. II the door that ope,
f,o, J;1;,ao NOM 20 nGTah urrr m1
ed farther from the fireplace, valuab
IL door and wall space in both room al
es ncrch would be sacrificed
These little details affect the size