The Rammed-Earth House

xviii, 230 pp. "In connection with housing shortages the country over, with lack of materials, etc., this discussion advocating earth construction should arouse architectural and home-building interest. Stressing the easy, inexpensive, true low cost possibilities of this type of dwelling, all description of construction, design and planned living in such houses is aimed toward inspiring public confidence and interest in this old, but seldom followed process. He gives cost analyses, basic economies, and the methods of preparing earth walls; provides blueprints for the building of different kinds of houses, indicating the tools, materials, paints to be used. There is of course extensive material on soil and soil preparation, on being your own architect, on the utilization of modern equipment and home-building methods. An introduction by the Secretary of Agriculture adds validity to the arguments advanced, and the book gives constructive advice to anyone interested in exploring the possibilities of earth housing."