antique The Farmstead small scale farming book, county homesteading

Old 1900 book -The Farmstead - The making of the rural home and the lay-out of the farm- by Isaac Phillips Roberts. This book is part of The Rural Sciences Series covers the selection and purchase of farms, planning rural buildings, building the house, water supplies and sewage, building and remodeling barns, fences and more!

This book is originally copyright 1900 (and this is a 1914 printing) has about 350 pages with lots of engraved illustrations This is an ex-library edition and is so marked. There is some wear and minor damage to the cover