L< >CATION OF FARM BUILDINGS. " 



rods long, are included in the land about the buildings, and this 

 has a shelter belt five rods wide on the north and west sides, 

 and on the south side two rows of trees ten feet apart, with the 



Figure 5. Suggestion for laying out the grounds about the buildings 

 on prairie farms, showing arrangements adapted to a highway located 

 on four different sides. Size 30x37 rods, enclosing five acres, exclusive of 

 shelterbelt on north and west sides five rods wide. Rows of trees indi- 

 cated. See figure (6) for further details and suggestions. 



trees one rod apart in the rows. Within this enclosure are all 

 the farm buildings, orchard, fruit and vegetable garden, barn- 

 yards, etc. The house should be within 100 feet of the road, and 

 the stock buildings at least 100 feet from the house and garden. 

 About the buildings and garden some supplementary wind- 



