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ribute to this end will be admired and sought after in the years to come. _Do's_ Give special consideration to location, type of construction and interior arrangement. If building a home, select a type that fits surroundings. Strive for simplicity of lines and full utilization of every cubic foot of space. Remember pre-fabricated houses are practical and likely to supplant some other types of construction. In buying a pre-fabricated house, be sure plans and construction fit needs of family and materials used are adapted to the climatic conditions. Give special attention to convenience and cheerfulness of kitchen. Develop a plan of planting ornamental plants and trees to be carried out in due course. _Don'ts_ Don't try to build a city house in the country. Don't neglect windows in number or size. Don't overlook costs of completed job before commencing building or improvements. Don't neglect the asset value of trees. _Chapter_ V SERVICING THE HOME Many types of services are available to the country home owner, including rural mail delivery, the telephone and electricity. Rural mail delivery in particular is so common that, on practically every highway, mail service is secured by the placing of a mail box along the highway at the entrance to the residence. Telephone service is available along practically all the main-traveled highways and on a majority of the other types of roads. Where the lines are not already installed, extensions may be obtained to new locations, and this is facilitated when more than one residence is to be served by the same line. The majority of families accustomed to city conveniences will want to have electricity available so as to use electric lights and the labor-saving devices that are operated by electric power. With the expansion that has taken place in the development of rural electric lines in recent years, there is not a great deal of difficulty in getting a location which will give the housewife the advantages that electricity offers. Telephone service and electrical facilities may fall into the class of luxuries for those with limited resources. It may be pointed out in this connection that millions of farm homes are still using petroleum products for lighting purposes and are finding it no hardship. Practically all would, of course, use electricity if it were available and financially possible. The new home owner in the country will fin
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