The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-09

l ton. The commission has distributed plans; it has circulated exhibitions ol Model Farm Home plans to farmers Institutes. short courses and to eiues ana towns throughout Minnesota; 1t made Il small model showing the house in minia- ture. painted in an appropriate color scheme.
 S3000 Village Home The Model Farm House competition met with such manifest approval on the part of the rural population that the commission was led to institute the com petition for a Model Village House to cost 5000 There developed some 5e very excellent plans and material Is being cir- culated by the commission, as in the ease of the model farm house A model land scape design for farm yard was sought through competition. The landscape architects submitted 50 plans for Model Farm Yards" This farm yard was in- tended to beautifv the surroundings Of the first prize ''Model Farm House. The first prize Model Farm House was designed by Hewitt X Brown, archt- tects: the landscape award was given to Phelps Wyman, laandscape architect and the first prize for the Model Village House went to l.. A. Fournler, architect. Ali of these successful competitors are residents of Minneapolis.
 The commission se<ds full size working
 
 prize design farm house. village house and landscape designs. to people living within Minnesota for the small fee of sS60. A single set of these working drawings and specifications. if purchased from the architect, would cost in the neighborhood of S200. rcplica-a full size duplicate of the original drawing is sold to anyone living anywhere for 5o cents. To people living outside of the state the full size plans along with the specifications are sold for s5. The com mission does not profit from this enter prise and the fee is charged merely to cover the cost of making the drawings.
 This programme in Minnesota has stimulated other states to action. Mas sachusetts has Just completed, through the agricultural college of the State university at Amherst, model farm house" programme. California. Ken lucky. Texas. Indiana and many other states have appealed to Minnesota for. assistance in formulating programmes of the same character The model farmhouse" plans have gone to several foreign countries. Germany. Italy. France and Canada have published the results of the Minnesota competition for the benefit of their agricultural people,
 This better housing programme Is pplementary to the other work of the commission. It sends to towns and cities throughout the state exhibitions of all kinds. It brings into the state each year a collection of the best American contemporary art It circu- iates exhibits of industrial art. sculp- ture home furnishings home indus- tries and school art. It organizes homo industries and handicraft classes and puts into the field specialists to teach such work. And it has been successful in finding a market for the product Minnesota Is especially rich in old world talent. This talent has brought to the state trades people-handicrdft workers. One handicraft, particularly that of lace making, has been devel- oped into a thriving industry. The | commission has found a market for this lace in Chicago, Boston and other cities. It's programme is wide in scope II in not only increasing the happiness of the people in Minnesota because of it's programme for better living condi- tions. but il is actually proving that art has dollar and cents value The commission believes it's work to te of economic importance to the state and what is more. the people of the state are enthusiastic in expressing this opinion.