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The farmstead

The farmstead

by Isaac Phillips Roberts

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Author
Roberts, Isaac Phillips, 1833-1928
Title
The farmstead: The making of the rural home and the lay-out of the farm (5th edition)
Original Publication
United States: The MacMillan Company,1900,copyright 1910.
Credits
Charlene Taylor, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
NA: Fine Arts: Architecture
Subject
Farm buildings
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 68243
Release Date
June 5, 2022
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE FARMSTEAD THE MAKING OF THE RURAL HOME AND THE LAY-OUT OF THE FARM — CONTENTS
  2. 2.CHAPTER I RURAL HOMES
  3. 3.CHAPTER II THE FARM AS A SOURCE OF INCOME
  4. 4.CHAPTER III EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY ON THE FARM
  5. 5.CHAPTER IV SELECTION AND PURCHASE OF FARMS
  6. 6.CHAPTER V THE RELATION OF THE FARMER TO THE LAWYER
  7. 7.CHAPTER VI LOCATING THE HOUSE
  8. 8.CHAPTER VII PLANNING RURAL BUILDINGS
  9. 9.CHAPTER VIII BUILDING THE HOUSE—GENERAL LAY-OUT
  10. 10.BUILDING THE FOUNDATIONS
  11. 11.WOODEN HOUSES—THE FRAME
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX BUILDING THE HOUSE, CONCLUDED.—OUTSIDE COVERING, PAINTING
  13. 13.VENEERED HOUSES
  14. 14.OLD HOUSES
  15. 15.PAINTING THE HOUSE
  16. 16.CHAPTER X INSIDE FINISH, HEATING, AND VENTILATION
  17. 17.HEATING AND VENTILATION
  18. 18.CHAPTER XI HOUSE FURNISHING AND DECORATION
  19. 19.CHAPTER XII CLEANLINESS AND SANITATION—WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE
  20. 20.WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE
  21. 21.CHAPTER XIII HOUSEHOLD ADMINISTRATION, ECONOMY, AND COMFORT
  22. 22.CHAPTER XIV THE HOME YARD
  23. 23.HOW TO DO THE WORK
  24. 24.CHAPTER XV A DISCUSSION OF BARNS
  25. 25.LOCATION
  26. 26.PLANNING THE BARN
  27. 27.WATER SUPPLY
  28. 28.CHAPTER XVI BUILDING THE BARN—THE BASEMENT
  29. 29.EXCAVATION
  30. 30.WALLS
  31. 31.FLOORS
  32. 32.STALLS
  33. 33.MANGERS AND TIES
  34. 34.CHAPTER XVII BUILDING THE BARN—THE SUPERSTRUCTURE
  35. 35.CHAPTER XVIII REMODELING OLD BARNS
  36. 36.CHAPTER XIX OUTBUILDINGS AND ACCESSORIES
  37. 37.POULTRY HOUSES
  38. 38.PIGGERIES
  39. 39.THE SILO
  40. 40.CHAPTER XX PROTECTION FROM LIGHTNING
  41. 41.METAL ROOFS
  42. 42.PROTECTING WOODEN ROOFS
  43. 43.CHAPTER XXI THE FIELDS
  44. 44.FENCES
  45. 45.ORCHARDS
  46. 46.FARM GARDEN
  47. 47.INDEX
  48. 48.CYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN HORTICULTURE — BOOKS ON AGRICULTURE — On Selection of Land, etc. — On Tillage, Crops, etc. — On Plant Diseases, etc. — On Production of New Plants — On Garden Making — On Fruit-growing, etc. — On the Care of Live Stock — On Dairy Work — On Economics and Organization — On Everything Agricultural — LESSONS WITH PLANTS Suggestions for Seeing and Interpreting Some of the Common Forms of Vegetation — BOTANY An Elementary Text for Schools — FOR THE STUDENT OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY — The Chemistry of Plant and Animal Life — Dairy Chemistry — Soils and Fertilizers — NEW BOOKS FOR THE FARM LIBRARY — Three Acres and Liberty — A Book of Vegetables and Garden Herbs — A Self-supporting Home — The New Earth — CYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURE — Volume I—Farms — Volume II—Crops — Volume III—Animals — Volume IV—The Farm and the Community — Transcriber’s Notes

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