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for grading or dressing over the uneven surfaces in other 

 parts of the grounds or by the roadside. 



Removal of Fences 



All fences are objectionable in view of their unnatural- 

 ness, lack of beauty, the expense of building and keeping 

 in repair, and wherever they can be dispensed with it is 

 economy to remove them. 



Except in the village lot, where footpaths are likely to 

 be formed by constant crossing, there is no good reason why 

 fences may not be wholly dispensed with. It is sometimes 



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Fig. 64. — Turfing against Bank Wall. 



the case in the country that cattle must be driven along 

 the roadway every day to and from pasture, when a fence 

 may be needed, but where there is only small chance of 

 injury it is better to suffer the lesser of two evils. A stone 

 wall may often be covered from view by a bank of soil 

 against it, as in Fig. 64. 



WTiatever fence is maintained should be as simple and 

 inconspicuous as possible. 



Improperly Located Buildings 



The greatest source of difficulty in improving established 

 home grounds is often found in improperly located buildings. 

 We can easily dig up here and there a tree or prune them to 



