Rural Architecture

About this eBook

Author

Allen, Lewis F. (Lewis Falley), 1800-1890

Title

Rural architecture : Being a complete description of farm houses, cottages, and out buildings

Credits

Produced by Louise Hope, Steven Giacomelli and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images produced by Core Historical Literature in Agriculture (CHLA), Cornell University)

Language

English

LoC Class

NA: Fine Arts: Architecture

Subject

Farm buildings

Category

Text

eBook-No.

19998

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19998

Release Date

December 3, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.RURAL ARCHITECTURE. — BEING A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION — FARM HOUSES, COTTAGES,
3. 3.OUT BUILDINGS, — CONDUCTING WATER INTO CATTLE YARDS AND HOUSES. — BY LEWIS F. ALLEN. — BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED. — ADVERTISEMENT. — CONTENTS. — PREFATORY. — INTRODUCTORY. — RURAL ARCHITECTURE. — GENERAL SUGGESTIONS. — STYLE OF BUILDING.—MISCELLANEOUS. — POSITION. — HOME EMBELLISHMENTS. — MATERIAL FOR FARM BUILDINGS. — OUTSIDE COLOR. — A SHORT CHAPTER ON TASTE. — THE CONSTRUCTION OF CELLARS. — VENTILATION OF HOUSES. — INTERIOR ACCOMMODATION OF HOUSES. — CHIMNEY TOPS. — PRELIMINARY TO OUR DESIGNS. — Design I. — Design II. — MISCELLANEOUS DETAILS. — Design III. — Design IV. — TREE-PLANTING IN THE HIGHWAY. — Design V. — Design VI. — Design VII. — LAWNS, GROUNDS, PARKS, AND WOODS. — FRUIT GARDEN—ORCHARDS. — HOW TO LAY OUT A KITCHEN GARDEN. — FLOWERS. — FARM COTTAGES. — Design I. — Design II. — Design III. — Design IV. — COTTAGE OUTSIDE DECORATION. — HOUSE AND COTTAGE FURNITURE. — AN APIARY, OR BEE-HOUSE. — AN ICE-HOUSE. — THE ASH-HOUSE AND SMOKE-HOUSE. — THE POULTRY-HOUSE. — THE DOVECOTE. — A PIGGERY. — FARM BARNS. — Design I. — Design II. — BARN ATTACHMENTS. — RABBITS. — DAIRY BUILDINGS. — THE BUTTER DAIRY. — THE WATER RAM. — RAT-PROOF GRANARY. — IMPROVED DOMESTIC ANIMALS. — WATER-FOWLS. — A WORD ABOUT DOGS. — Books Published — C. M. SAXTON, — SCHOOL, TOWN, AGRICULTURAL, — The American Farm Book; — American Poultry Yard; — The Diseases of Domestic Animals; — American Bee Keeper's Manual; — The Modern Stair Builder's Guide: — Prize Essay on Manures. — American Bird Fancier. — American Architect. — Domestic Medicine. — Saxton's American Farmer's Almanac for 1852. — Family Kitchen Gardener. — Practical Agriculture. — Elements of Agricultural Chemistry and Geology. — Youatt and Martin on Cattle: — Youatt on the Horse. — Youatt on Sheep: — Hoare on the Grape Vine. — The American Agriculturist: — Johnston's Agricultural Chemistry. — Stephens' Book of the Farm. — The Complete Farmer and American Gardener, — Chemistry Made Easy, — Brandy and Salt, — Southern Agriculture. — The Cottage and Farm Bee Keeper: — A Book for Every Boy in the Country. — Rural Architecture; — The American Muck Book. — Youatt on the Pig. — Youatt on the Dog. — The Poultry Book. — The American Poulterer's Companion, — American Poultry Book. — The Rose Culturist. — A Practical Treatise on Honey Bees, — The American Fruit Book. — The American Veterinarian. — The Gardener's Text Book. — The American Gardener. — The Farmer's Land Measurer. — New England Fruit Book. — Practical Treatise on Fruits, — Farmer and Emigrant's Hand Book. — Farmer's Barn Book. — Hind's Farriery and Stud Book. — Mason's Farrier and Stud Book. — Stewart's Stable Economy. — Sugar Planter's Manual. — Treatise on Hothouses and Ventilation. — Ornamental and Domestic Poultry. — Canfield on Sheep, — Book of Flowers, — Experimental Researches on the Food of Animals, — The American Flower Garden Companion, — The Farmer's Treasure. — The Practical Farrier. — The American Farrier. — Principles of Practical Gardening. — The American Fruit Garden Companion. — Spooner on the Grape. — The Young Gardener's Assistant. — The Florist's Guide. — The Kitchen Gardener's Instructor. — The Fruit Cultivator's Manual. — The Horse, — The Fruit, Flower, and Kitchen Garden. — Ladies' Companion to the Flower Garden. — The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America. — Dictionary of Modern Gardening. — The Rose Fancier's Manual. — Parsons on the Rose. — Hovey's Fruits of America. — History, Treatment and Diseases of the Horse, — Rural Economy, — Liebig's Agricultural Chemistry. — The Modern System of Farriery, — Ewbank's Hydraulics: — The Fruit Garden. — The American Fruit Culturist; — The Rose Manual. — The Plants of Boston and Vicinity. — The Indian Meal Book; — The Horse's Foot, — Catechism of Agricultural Chemistry and Geology. — Chemistry Applied to Agriculture. — British Husbandry. — Loudon's Arboretum. — Loudon on Gardening. — Loudon on Agriculture. — Loudon on Trees, &c. — Loudon on Plants, &c. — The Farmer's Library. — The Farmer's Dictionary. — Practical Treatise on the Grape Vine. — Practical Treatise on the Veterinary Art. — Sheep Husbandry. — Agricultural Chemistry. — Animal Chemistry. — Liebig's Complete Works, — Cottage and Farm Houses. — Country Houses. — Sportsman's Library. — Landscape Gardening. — Cottage Residences. — Chaptal's Agricultural Chemistry, — American Husbandry. — Gardener's Dictionary. — Journal of Agriculture. — Downing's Horticulturist. — The Complete Produce Reckoner, — The American Shepherd. — The Principles of Agriculture. — Lectures to Farmers on Agricultural Chemistry. — The Complete Farrier. — The Complete Cow Doctor. — Milch Cows. — A Home for All; — The Poultry Breeder. — The American Fowl Breeder. 25 cts. — The Farmer's Companion. — The Farmer's Instructor. — European Agriculture, — The Gardener and Florist. 25 cts. — The Honey Bee. — Elements of Practical Agriculture. — Rogers' Scientific Agriculture. 75 cts. — Mills' Sportsman's Library. $1. — Stable Talk and Table Talk. $1. — Hawker and Porter on Shooting. $2.75. — Field Sports. — Fish and Fishing. — The American Angler's Guide. — Johnson's Farmer's Encyclopedia. — Scientific and Practical Agriculture. — Theory and Practice of Agriculture. — Armstrong on Agriculture. 50 cts. — Hovey's Magazine of Horticulture. — Downing 's Horticulturist. — Gilpin's Landscape Gardening. — The Gardener's Calendar. — Agriculture for Schools. — Text Book of Agriculture. — The American Agriculturist and Farmer's Cabinet. — Weeks on the Honey Bee. — Cottages and Cottage Life. — Chemical Analysis. — Applied Chemistry. — The Vegetable Kingdom, — The Muck Manual. — Youatt on the Horse. — Clater's Farrier. 50 cts. — The Dog and Sportsman. — The Bird Keeper's Manual. 50 cts. — The American Herd Book. — The American Orchardist. — Spelling

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