. Our farm and building book. . s reportof 1910 shows an increase during theprevious ten years of more than 324,000rented farms. Many of the new tenantsmoved into good houses vacated bythe owners, but many others are livingin buildings wholly unsuited to theirneeds. The cost of these houses com-monly is inconsistent with the value ofthe farms, and the lack of improvements in them too often is in striking con-trast with the outbuildings, farmingmachinery and field equipment. The tenant house, perspective drawingand plan of which are shown, is asimple, four-cornered structure, with-out bay windo
. Our farm and building book. . s reportof 1910 shows an increase during theprevious ten years of more than 324,000rented farms. Many of the new tenantsmoved into good houses vacated bythe owners, but many others are livingin buildings wholly unsuited to theirneeds. The cost of these houses com-monly is inconsistent with the value ofthe farms, and the lack of improvements in them too often is in striking con-trast with the outbuildings, farmingmachinery and field equipment. The tenant house, perspective drawingand plan of which are shown, is asimple, four-cornered structure, with-out bay windows, gables and dormers,or any projection save the cornice whichoverhangs and protects the walls and house, which, in connection with thisproblem, cannot be done. If a dooris substituted for one of the three win-dows in the south end of the livingroom^ the best part of the room willbe ruined. Moving the entrance doorto the south side of the porch wouldnot only restrict the uses of the porch,but necessitate an outside door in the. Floor Plan of Small Farm House No. G590L. window openings. The house is plannedfor the smallest dimensions and themost inexpensive arrangement consist-ent with the needs and the convenienceof small family. It has but one chim-ney and but one outside entrance. One entrance would be insufficient ina town house and it may be in this one;but another door can be gotten into theplan only by a sacrifice of wall andfloor space, which cannot be spared, orby increasing the size and cost of the kitchen, which, in turn, would necessi-tate a corresponding increase in thefloor and wall space of the the door that opens from living roomto porch were moved farther from thefireplace, valuable floor and wall spacein both room and porch would besacrificed. These little details affect the size ofrooms and of the building, and there-fore the cost. They are sometimes, andof necessity, influenced more by econ-
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