The farmstead: The making of the rural home and the lay-out of the farm / (5th edition)

The book offers practical guidance for creating a productive, comfortable rural home and efficient farm layout, beginning with selecting and purchasing land and treating the farm as a source of income and educational opportunity. It covers siting the house, planning and constructing dwellings and farm buildings (foundations, framing, coverings, painting), and remodeling older structures. Detailed chapters address household organization, furnishing, heating and ventilation, water supply and sewage, yard and garden design, barns and their basements and superstructures, outbuildings (poultry houses, piggeries, silo), fences, orchards, field arrangement, and lightning protection, with technical and managerial advice for improving farmstead function and comfort.