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posure is all right, but the buildings, especially the barn, need be back 

 far enough that some yards can be made in the shelter also. It is not 

 uncommon to see such unhappy arrangements as a narrow row or belt 

 of trees with only the east end coming up to the buildings, which face 

 the road and the winds to the northward. Frequently the buildings are 

 placed so close to and fronting on the road to the north or west, that if a 

 grove is planted so as to protect against the northwest winds it must be 

 placed across the public road, or if the land is owned by others, the 

 buildings must be moved or, worst of all, remain unprotected. Doubtless 

 the most common and most difficult to remedy of first plans is that of 

 making tlie grove, which may be likened to the sills in the plan of the 



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 place, too short and not well placed. With pencil and rule several 

 provisional plans should be made and the most practical one preserved to 

 be modified as future conditions shall demand. Nowhere is the pencil a 

 greater machine than in laying out the farm plan. 



In order to fully emphasize the value of the shelter belt of trees and to 

 aid in making plans for getting it in the best place, it seems wise to discuss 

 in detail a few plans of farms. It pays to look ahead and set the aim too 

 high rather than too low in deciding upon the size of enclosure to par- 

 tially surround with a grove. If larger than is at once needed, part of the 

 land can be used for field crops or grass lands to as good advantage as if 

 outside the grove. Ten acres is usually none too much on the farm of a 



