University of Wisconsin: S. A. Witzel, extension instructor, department of agricultural engineering.
At each of the cooperating institutions, home economics specialists were consulted by the designers in regard to the arrangement of the kitchen and other parts of the home.
Working drawings for building the houses shown in this bulletin are available from the extension services of the State agricultural colleges. In most cases a small charge is made for the drawings.
Washington, D.C. October, 1934
[FARMHOUSE PLANS]
By Wallace Ashby, Chief, Division of Structures,
Bureau of Agricultural Engineering[1]
[1] Acknowledgment is made of the extended collaboration of Louise Stanley, Chief. Bureau of Home Economics, in selecting and reviewing the plans presented herein; and of the helpful assistance of W. H. Nash, architect, Bureau of Agricultural Engineering, in the preparation of both the manuscript and illustrations for publication. Mary Rokahr, senior home-management specialist, Extension Service, and Eloise Davidson, director of domestic electric service program, Electric Home and Farm Authority, made valuable suggestions regarding arrangement of kitchens and other equipment. Helpful comments and suggestions have been received from many other persons. Many of the perspective sketches illustrating the house plans shown in this bulletin were drawn by C. W. Mead, Bureau of Agricultural Engineering,
[CONTENTS]
| Page | |
| Farmhouse requirements | [1] |
| Size | [1] |
| Comfort and convenience | [2] |
| Relation to other buildings and highway | [3] |
| Appearance | [4] |
| Safety | [4] |
| Construction materials | [4] |
| Costs | [5] |
| Cellars | [5] |
| Superstructures and porches | [5] |
| Estimating by unit costs | [6] |
| Working drawings | [7] |
| Caution regarding changes | [7] |
| Plans for houses | [7] |
| One-story growing houses | [7] |
| Moderate-sized one-story houses | [34] |
| Houses of more than one story | [45] |
| Very small houses | [60] |