Floor areas: Superstructure, 1,740 square feet. Cellar, 385 square feet. Stoops, 80 square feet. House 6538 may be roofed in a number of ways, with slight alterations in the arrangement of the second-floor. The appearance is, of course, greatly altered; but in each case is pleasing. With the modernistic flat roof, any waste spaces caused by the sloping roofs in the other designs are eliminated. The storage room on the second-floor then becomes suitable for a child's bedroom, a sewing room, or an office, and the flat-deck porch roof will serve as a sleeping porch. [Illustration: VIEW OF COMPLETED HOUSE] The plan is simple and well proportioned. Since the arrangement of the entrance is a little unusual, the location of the driveway and the path to the barn should be given careful study before deciding upon the site and placing of the house. [Illustration: FIRST FLOOR PLAN] [Illustration: VIEW OF COMPLETED HOUSES] Construction should be simple. In the case of the modernistic house, concrete or stucco is suggested for the first story and boards and battens for the second. [Illustration: SECOND FLOOR PLAN] [30] Prepared by W. K. Bartges and Earl Barnett for the department of agricultural engineering. University of California.. PLAN 6539,[31] FOR THE NORTH [Illustration: VIEW OF FIRST STAGE] Floor areas: Superstructure, original house, 1,100 square feet; with kitchen addition, 1,270 square feet; with all additions shown, 1,620 square feet. Porches, original house, 90 square feet; completed house, 285 square feet. Cellar, 565 square feet. [Illustration: FIRST FLOOR PLAN] Thousands of farmhouses in all parts of the North and Middle West have begun like house 6539, and the development illustrated for this one should offer helpful suggestions both to farmers who plan to build new and those who expect to remodel present houses. It is a very practical design, expressing honest dignity. [Illustration: SECOND FLOOR PLAN] The plans on this page show the original unit, which would supply a comfortable yet economical dwelling, with a basement for fuel and storage. The first addition might be either the new 7 kitchen and porch or the downstairs bedroom, bath, and laundry. If needed, a third upstairs bedroom and a bathroom can be added over those in the first-floor addition, as shown in the working drawings, with little loss of material or work, because the downstairs bedroom has a flat-deck roof. This would increase the floor area of the superstructure to 1,900 square feet. [Illustration: VIEW OF COMPLETED HOUSE] [Illustration: FIRST FLOOR PLAN WITH ADDITIONS] [31] Prepared by J. M. Deibert for the Bureaus of Agricultural Engineering and Home Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture. PLAN 6540[32] Floor areas: Superstructure, 1,380 square feet. Porch, 70 square feet. Cellar, 760 square feet.