A manual of home-making

the rear part is in use. The nurseiy is so located that it can be watched by the worker in the kitchen, and the stairs are very acce8sil>le. With such an an'angement properly equipped, a mother could do her own work without exhaiistiouj or loss of time. The children's lunch could be served in theV nurser>^ and the mother's couch and sewing materials would always l*e ready. The nurser>^ could later be transformed into a study-room or library, or in case of illness into a dow^l• stairs bedroom, since toilet facilities are at hand. The house* als*J adjusts itself to hired help. A typical arrangement of all rooms on one floor is shown THE MODERN HOVSE 7 in Fig* 3, The living-rooms nrrd kilrhen are grouped snugly together, and the hedroouTs are grouped antl firriinged to open a retired hall. Such a filan is tfuitahle for a one-fltK>r cottage arrangement in teoiperato climates. Another one- floor arrangement is shown in Fig. 4* Pio« 4.— A araall fannhouBe amiri(?ed on a single floor, with n ccllur beneath for the furnace atiJ fur vi^gctable aturagc, THE FARMHOUSE * No building can be discussed intelligently apart from its Hurroundings. The beyt placing of the farmhouse depends on the location of the liarns and other outbuildiTigs. The rela- tion of these buildings to one another and to such considerations lis sunlight, view^ roadways, and garden should he carefully studied. Obviously, a general farm scheme that imitcs into ne workable system lands, bams, and dwelling is the wisest ining for the development of any property. Each im- provement will then take its place in the final scheme, and • The remainder of this chapter is tnkea from Cornell Rciuling-Coiirse for the Farm Home, Bull. 39. .4 AfANUAL OF HOME-MAKING permanent economy will rci^ult. Owners of either old or new farmsteads will profit by adhering to a simple and direct work- « inf; plan for the farm grounds. The farmhouse is merely onaf miit of the whole farmstead. The practical value of a working plan can hardly be over- estimated. The haphazard farm groups commonly seen bearJ eloquent testimony to the futility of developing property with- out plan. Failure to plan involves waste of money and labor; it means a continuous process of tearing dowTi, reconstructing, and makeshift. Under all circumstances, hit-and-miss methods^ of work have proved unfailingly wasteful. Organized farming and organized housekeeping are the present tendency, and to| this end an organized arrangement is necessary. A well-planned fannstead is more economical, more orderly, more beautifulj and more salable than one which, like Topsy, '*ju8t growed/* FARMHOUSE PUIP^'INO A farmhouse is more difficult to plan than either a city or a suburban dwelling, because it must pi-ovide for so many in The city or the suburban house is merely a home; it is suppl nientcd L*y an outside place of l>usiness and l>y outside markets. The farmhouse, on the other hand, must be not only a home, but alscj the business center and to a limited extent the sto and the market. This means that, planned as compactly a$^j may be, a fannhouse is necessarily larger in floor area (lian a suburban house for the same family nec*d be. Much thought and planning are, therefoi-e, required in order to arrange thidi larger area in such a manner that wasteful methods of work will be avoided. I Tradiiional types.