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field. The first building reached is the machine shed, 

 where the team will be unhitched. They will then stop at 

 the water trough on the way to the barn. 



Yards. — The hog yard is also on the side of the farm- 

 stead on which the hog pastures lie. See Figure 138. The 

 cattle yards connect with the main barn, and likewise with 

 the large field. Two yards are provided, so that two dif- 

 ferent kinds of stock may be fed during winter, and so one 

 may be used during the fall for a stock yard, while the 

 other will care for the cattle. This plan will save the trouble 

 of having to put an extra fence about the stacks every fall. 



Waste. — While this plan uses about eight acres of space, 

 every bit of it is used to good advantage and provides an 

 attractive, convenient arrangement for the great amount 

 of work necessarily done on a farmstead. 

 Questions: 



1. Study Figure 137. Draw from memory a sketch of the farm- 

 stead and properly locate buildings, yards, etc. 



2. Give one or more good reasons for the location of the poultry 

 house, garden, and orchard, as they are in this plan. 



3. Why is the machine shed placed where it is instead of on the 

 other side of the bam? 



Arithmetic: 



1. If one makes three trips each day to the poultry house, how 

 much farther will one walk in a year than necessary. If the poultry 

 house is 5 rods farther from the house than it should be? 



2. If a man makes five trips each day to a comcrib, how much 

 extra traveling will he do in a year, if the com crop is 2 rods farther 

 away than it should be? 



3. If a man takes a team to a water trough six times each day, 

 how much does he save in a year, if he saves 2 rods each trip? 

 Exercises: 



1. Each pupil should describe what he regards as the most at- 

 tractive and well-arranged and sanitary home in the community and 

 state reasons. 



2. Show how the school house is ventilated. Is it properly ven- 

 tilated? 



3. Each pupil should make a neat sketch of the home farmstead 

 showing buildings, yards, drives, lane, windbreaks, fields, garden and 

 orchard. Have class criticize on the arrangements. 



