THE NORTH DAKOTA FARMSTEAD 



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LOCATING WALKS AND DRIVES 



The walks and drives should be laid out in long easy drives, as 

 these add much to the beauty of the place, and require very little extra 

 travel. There should be as few walks and drives as possible, and they 

 should be along the lines of most frequent travel. Generally it is 

 well to combine walks and drives that would run parallel. There 

 should be a separate road along the edge of the farmstead for heavy 

 hauling. At least one of the drives and both if possible, should be 

 located so that they will not be drifted shut by snow. 



ENTRANCE TO FARMSTEAD 



The entrance to a farm can be made to convey a feeling of 

 hospitality by having it wide and open, with trees and shrubs planted 

 on each side. It should be at right angles to the road or at an 

 angle from the direction of greatest travel, probably toward town. 



Snow trap hedge 



/ Outer Row 



2nd Row 



3rd Row 



4th Row 

 5th Row 

 6th Row 

 7th Row 



8th Row 



9th Row 



SHELTER BELT 



( White Willow (Salix alba) 



or 



^ Russian Golden Willow 

 ( (S. vitellina aurea) 



(Soft Maple (Acer saccharinum) 



or 

 f Box Elder (Acer negundo) 



Norway Poplar (Poplus deltoides) 



and 

 Green Ash (Fraxinus viridis) 



Box Elder (Acer negundo} 

 American Elm (Ulmus americana) 



Bull Pine (Pinus ponderosa) 700 ft. 



Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) 100 ft 



Sugar or Hard Maple (Acer saccharum) 



100 ft 



European Larch (Larix decidua} 200 ft. 



Black Wild Cherry (Prunus serotina) 



100 ft. 

 Hackberry (Celtis occidentalism 160 ft. 



2700 

 cuttings 



680 seedlings 



1360 seedlings 

 1360 seedlings 



340 seedlings 

 340 seedlings 



90 seedlings 

 12 seedlings 



12 seedlings 

 25 seedlings 



12 seedlings 

 20 seedlings 



Hedge along hog yard and inside fruit plantation Russian Golden Willow, 



225 cuttings. 

 Hedge along garden and poultry yard Russian Olive, 200 seedlings. 



All seedlings and cuttings are set 2 feet apart in the row in snow trap, shelter 

 belt and hedges, except the inner row of the shelter belt made up of miscellaneous 

 species planted 8 feet apart in the row. In rows numbers 4 to 7 the Norway 

 Poplars and Green Ash are planted alternately, Poplars to be removed in about 5 

 years. In row 8 Box Elders and Elm to be planted alternately. Box Elders to be 

 removed in 6 or 8 years. All rows of shelter belt except \Villows to be thinned 

 to 8 feet apart when necessary. 



