Rural Architecture

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Rural Architecture by Lewis Falley Allen.

Contents

• RURAL ARCHITECTURE.6
• BEING A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION6
• FARM HOUSES, COTTAGES,7
• OUT BUILDINGS,8
• CONDUCTING WATER INTO CATTLE YARDS AND HOUSES.8
• BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED.9
• ADVERTISEMENT.10
• CONTENTS.12
• PREFATORY.18
• INTRODUCTORY.22
• RURAL ARCHITECTURE.26
• GENERAL SUGGESTIONS.26
• STYLE OF BUILDING.—MISCELLANEOUS.28
• POSITION.32
• HOME EMBELLISHMENTS.34
• MATERIAL FOR FARM BUILDINGS.37
• OUTSIDE COLOR.40
• A SHORT CHAPTER ON TASTE.43
• THE CONSTRUCTION OF CELLARS.47
• VENTILATION OF HOUSES.49
• INTERIOR ACCOMMODATION OF HOUSES.54
• CHIMNEY TOPS.56
• PRELIMINARY TO OUR DESIGNS.57
• Design I.59
• Design II.66
• MISCELLANEOUS DETAILS.71
• Design III.75
• Design IV.82
• TREE-PLANTING IN THE HIGHWAY.91
• Design V.92
• Design VI.106
• Design VII.118
• LAWNS, GROUNDS, PARKS, AND WOODS.121
• FRUIT GARDEN—ORCHARDS.129
• HOW TO LAY OUT A KITCHEN GARDEN.131
• FLOWERS.134
• FARM COTTAGES.138
• Design I.140
• Design II.142
• Design III.144
• Design IV.147
• COTTAGE OUTSIDE DECORATION.149
• HOUSE AND COTTAGE FURNITURE.152
• AN APIARY, OR BEE-HOUSE.159
• AN ICE-HOUSE.166
• THE ASH-HOUSE AND SMOKE-HOUSE.170
• THE POULTRY-HOUSE.171
• THE DOVECOTE.176
• A PIGGERY.179
• FARM BARNS.183
• Design I.186
• Design II.191
• BARN ATTACHMENTS.196
• RABBITS.198
• DAIRY BUILDINGS.208
• THE BUTTER DAIRY.210
• THE WATER RAM.212
• RAT-PROOF GRANARY.214
• IMPROVED DOMESTIC ANIMALS.216
• WATER-FOWLS.229
• A WORD ABOUT DOGS.231
• Books Published238
• C. M. SAXTON,238
• SCHOOL, TOWN, AGRICULTURAL,238
• The American Farm Book;239
• American Poultry Yard;239
• The Diseases of Domestic Animals;239
• American Bee Keeper's Manual;239
• The Modern Stair Builder's Guide:239
• Prize Essay on Manures.239
• American Bird Fancier.240
• American Architect.240
• Domestic Medicine.240
• Saxton's American Farmer's Almanac for 1852.240
• Family Kitchen Gardener.240
• Practical Agriculture.240
• Elements of Agricultural Chemistry and Geology.240
• Youatt and Martin on Cattle:241
• Youatt on the Horse.241
• Youatt on Sheep:241
• Hoare on the Grape Vine.241
• The American Agriculturist:241
• Johnston's Agricultural Chemistry.241
• Stephens' Book of the Farm.241
• The Complete Farmer and American Gardener,242
• Chemistry Made Easy,242
• Brandy and Salt,242
• Southern Agriculture.242
• The Cottage and Farm Bee Keeper:242
• A Book for Every Boy in the Country.242
• Rural Architecture;242
• The American Muck Book.242
• Youatt on the Pig.242
• Youatt on the Dog.243
• The Poultry Book.243
• The American Poulterer's Companion,243
• American Poultry Book.243
• The Rose Culturist.243
• A Practical Treatise on Honey Bees,243
• The American Fruit Book.243
• The American Veterinarian.243
• The Gardener's Text Book.243
• The American Gardener.243
• The Farmer's Land Measurer.243
• New England Fruit Book.243
• Practical Treatise on Fruits,244
• Farmer and Emigrant's Hand Book.244
• Farmer's Barn Book.244
• Hind's Farriery and Stud Book.244
• Mason's Farrier and Stud Book.244
• Stewart's Stable Economy.244
• Sugar Planter's Manual.244
• Treatise on Hothouses and Ventilation.244
• Ornamental and Domestic Poultry.244
• Canfield on Sheep,244
• Book of Flowers,244
• Experimental Researches on the Food of Animals,244
• The American Flower Garden Companion,245
• The Farmer's Treasure.245
• The Practical Farrier.245
• The American Farrier.245
• Principles of Practical Gardening.245
• The American Fruit Garden Companion.245
• Spooner on the Grape.245
• The Young Gardener's Assistant.245
• The Florist's Guide.245
• The Kitchen Gardener's Instructor.245
• The Fruit Cultivator's Manual.245
• The Horse,245
• The Fruit, Flower, and Kitchen Garden.246
• Ladies' Companion to the Flower Garden.246
• The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America.246
• Dictionary of Modern Gardening.246
• The Rose Fancier's Manual.246
• Parsons on the Rose.246
• Hovey's Fruits of America.246
• History, Treatment and Diseases of the Horse,246
• Rural Economy,246
• Liebig's Agricultural Chemistry.246
• The Modern System of Farriery,246
• Ewbank's Hydraulics:247
• The Fruit Garden.247
• The American Fruit Culturist;247
• The Rose Manual.247
• The Plants of Boston and Vicinity.247
• The Indian Meal Book;247
• The Horse's Foot,247
• Catechism of Agricultural Chemistry and Geology.247
• Chemistry Applied to Agriculture.247
• British Husbandry.247
• Loudon's Arboretum.247
• Loudon on Gardening.248
• Loudon on Agriculture.248
• Loudon on Trees, &c.248
• Loudon on Plants, &c.248
• The Farmer's Library.248
• The Farmer's Dictionary.248
• Practical Treatise on the Grape Vine.248
• Practical Treatise on the Veterinary Art.248
• Sheep Husbandry.248
• Agricultural Chemistry.248
• Animal Chemistry.248
• Liebig's Complete Works,248
• Cottage and Farm Houses.248
• Country Houses.249
• Sportsman's Library.249
• Landscape Gardening.249
• Cottage Residences.249
• Chaptal's Agricultural Chemistry,249
• American Husbandry.249
• Gardener's Dictionary.249
• Journal of Agriculture.249
• Downing's Horticulturist.249
• The Complete Produce Reckoner,249
• The American Shepherd.249
• The Principles of Agriculture.249
• Lectures to Farmers on Agricultural Chemistry.249
• The Complete Farrier.250
• The Complete Cow Doctor.250
• Milch Cows.250
• A Home for All;250
• The Poultry Breeder.250
• The American Fowl Breeder. 25 cts. The Farmer's Companion.250
• The Farmer's Instructor.250
• European Agriculture,250
• The Gardener and Florist. 25 cts. The Honey Bee.250
• Elements of Practical Agriculture.250
• Fish and Fishing.251
• The American Angler's Guide.251
• Johnson's Farmer's Encyclopedia.251
• Scientific and Practical Agriculture.251
• Theory and Practice of Agriculture.251
• Armstrong on Agriculture. 50 cts.251
• Hovey's Magazine of Horticulture.251
• Downing's Horticulturist.251
• Gilpin's Landscape Gardening.251
• The Gardener's Calendar.251
• Agriculture for Schools.252
• Text Book of Agriculture.252
• The American Agriculturist and Farmer's Cabinet.252

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