Show DUTCH BUTCH HOME FOH n this seven room house has many good features IS economical TO BUILD this style of architecture Is most appropriate prop for farm homes As its lines liner fit well into country landscapes by WILLIAM A RADFORD mr wr william A radford will answer questions auctions ions and give advice fren OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building for the readers of this paper on account of his wide experience as editor author and manufacturer he Is without doubt the highest authority on all these subjects address all inquiries to william lam A radford no 1827 prairie avenue chicago III and only two to cent stamp for reply all sorts of suggestions of means whereby the boys who are bora born ind brought up on the farms may be in deuced to follow in the footsteps of their fathers have haie been made with out much results boys continue to leave the farms for the cities and up to a year ago their exodus furnished a serious perlous problem then some one thought of a plan hat that Is most simple and Is bound to be successful because it Is based on an instinct that nature implants in all of us to paraphrase a son song that mat was popular a couple of years ago how aou ou going to keep beep the boys on the farms NN when lien the girls are going a away ay 11 in other words the solution Is to make faie the farm home so attract attractive le that the girls will m ill stay then you dont don t have han e to worry about the bos deserting bom born in every normal girl is an instinct and dc desire for a home her iler appropriate for farm houses as their lines fit exceptionally well into country landscapes the long sweep of the root roof hillh the wide dormer windows Ind set in it the broad porch and the treatment of the exterior walls all combine to make this house one that Is attractive and of which the owner and his family may be proud the home pictured Is not riot large its dimensions being 33 by 20 26 feet but it contains seven good rooms besides the bathroom a number of roomy closets and a ba basement tor for the heating plant and laundry how ilow the rooms are arranged and their sizes are shown on the floor plans that are presented with the exterior view ilem the entrance door from the porch Is in the center of the house and leads into a good sized living room 13 feet 0 6 inches by 17 feet to the right and connected with mith the living thing room by a double cased eased opening Is 14 the dining 17 DATH I 1 U 1 ddn do PA beda M i I 1 10 6 CIA cl DEL D PA P H A 3 5 5 1 10 C second floor plan room of practically the same size as the 11 living ing room at the rear of the dining room Is the kitchen 9 0 feet 6 0 inches by 11 feet 0 inches at one side of the kitchen Is a good sized pantry and at the other a washroom Nash room through hose those entering by the rear door must pass back back of the ili in ing room Is a square room 11 by 11 feet which on the plans Is designated the farm office this room lio wever Is available for a bedroom should the if rev 41 44 Z Z 4 A A Z association with other girls how every ever as she grows up makes her want and demand a comfortable home one that can be furnished prettily and one in which the work mork of caring for it can be done without maung making a drudge of heiselt ber her it if she does not find pleasant home surroundings on the farm she will seek them elsewhere she knows they exist and rightfully wants them during the last few years design ing and planning farm homes has advanced greatly architects who heretofore have paid little it if any tiny atte attention nUon to the designing ot of homes that are to he be erected in rural corn com now are studying the needs of the farm home and are incorporate ing in them all the comforts and con sentences venlen cea ces that are found in the houses of the cities types of home architecture that are test best are used or E d limn RAM mimi M 15 6 95 6 first floor plan for the exteriors while the interiors are fire along the lines of what modern homes should be practically every present day home design has a bath room the other rooms are planned so ekit they will accommodate the modern household hwe houke hold convenience such as water under pressure and electricity tor for light and to furnish the power to run the washing machine and vacuum cleaner and for the electric iron percolator and other electric utensils that appeal to the woman who loves her home among the modern styles ot of ex herfor architecture that the house designers are using Is the dutch 0 o confal a good example ladle of which U a shohi in the accompanying wt dutch colonial homes are mos of the family faintly demand it will be noted that all four of the lown own stairs rooms are on corners comers giving them plenty of light and ventilation the stairs to the second floor lead out of one end of the living room to a hall in the center of the floor above at the end of the ball hall at aba tb front Is a bedroom 9 0 feet 0 9 inches by 11 feet at the other end of the hall Is the bathroom while two more bed rooms arc are in the gables at each end of the house alle this house Is small eom compared pared with the old fashioned idea of what the size of a farm home should be it contains plenty of roum room for a good sized family faintly it Is of frame construction set on a brick foundation the basement extends under the whole of the house excepting ot of cours the front porch the good arrangement of the rooms the lack of waste space that means work for the housekeeper the attractive exterior of the houe all corn com bine to make this a design that Is popular with modern home builders located on the farm or in a rural community it will nill make a home that will keep the girls girl on the farm and where the girls are the boys will be found |