Architecture, Domestic -- United States -- Designs and plans; Farmhouses -- United States -- Designs and plans
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Text emphasis is denoted by _Italics_ and =Bold=. Whole and fractional
parts of numbers as 12-3/4.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE
FARMERS' BULLETIN No. 1738
FARMHOUSE PLANS
[Illustration]
The Farmhouse Plans presented in this bulletin were developed in
connection with the Farm Housing Survey made in the spring of 1934 by the
United States Department of Agriculture and the agricultural colleges of
46 States, with funds provided by the Civil Works Administration. These
plans were selected from more than 100 prepared under the cooperation of
the following agencies and persons:
United States Department of Agriculture: Bureau of Agricultural
Engineering, S. H. McCrory, Chief; Bureau of Home Economics, Louise
Stanley, Chief, and Director of the Rural Housing Survey.
Alabama Polytechnic Institute: J. B. Wilson, extension engineer,
department of agricultural engineering.
University of Arkansas: Deane G. Carter, head, department of
agricultural engineering.
University of California: H. B. Walker, head, division of agricultural
engineering.
University of Georgia: R. H. Driftmier, professor of agricultural
engineering.
University of Illinois: E. W. Lehmann, head, and W. A. Foster,
assistant chief in rural architecture, department of agricultural
engineering.
Purdue University (Indiana): William Aitkenhead, head, department of
agricultural engineering.
Iowa State College: Henry Giese, professor, department of agricultural
engineering.
Kansas State Agricultural College: H. E. Wichers, rural architect,
department of architecture.
Massachusetts Agricultural College: C. I. Gunness, head, department of
agricultural engineering.
University of Minnesota: H. B. White, assistant professor, division of
agricultural engineering.
University of Missouri: J. C. Wooley, chairman, department of
agricultural engineering.
Ohio State University: R. C. Miller, professor, department of
agricultural engineering.
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas: D. Scoates, head,
department of agricultural engineering.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute: C. E. Seitz, head, department of
agricultural engineering.
State College of Washington: L. J. Smith, head, department of
agricultural engineering.
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.
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