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���Model village house plans, some of wood and others of stucco, designed by the best architects

in Minnesota, have been placed at the disposal of the small house builder. A photograph

of this $3500 house appears on page 320

���of Minnesota write to the art commission and get help.

During the last two years the Minnesota State Art Commission lias dis- triljutcd free over a mil- lion plans in booklet form for model farm and village houses. It helps people with their furnishings and labor-saving de\iees. It tells them about honest building materials, the i paint, plumbing, heating,

��ight kind of shingles, and

��a thousand other tilings that contribute directly to the efficiency and beau- ty of home life. It sup- plies farmers with designs for the planting of farm yards. The commission has taken a new point of view and, assuming that art can be made to meet the needs of all the peo- ple, it has set about to find out what those needs are and then to supply them in a practical and businesslike way.

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