ARRANGEMENT OF FARM. 379 



years in this State. If you can have a choice as to which way 

 you may have your house front, then I would say the east ; 

 next the south ; then the west, and lastly, the north. There 

 is little danger of too much sunshine in the living rooms, even 

 in this sunny State. If it is to be located upon an east and 

 west road, set it far enough back so that the hog pens, cattle 

 yards, stables, etc., may be due west or east from the house. 

 Never place them upon the north or south, or any of the inter- 

 mediate points of the compass. The west is the best place, all 

 things else being equal. 



KANSAS WINDS. 

 The winds here very rarely indeed blow from that point. 

 Only one clay have they come from the west during the past 

 year (1879). They have blown a little oftener from the east, 

 but rarely from that quarter. About three-fourths of the time 

 we have had them from the south and the remainder from the 

 north, varying- occasionally to the intermediate points. 



HAVE YARDS AND STABLES DISTANT. 



The yards and stables should be at least ten rods from 

 the house. The outbuildings should also be due west or east, 

 as the case may be, from the house, and never nearer than four 

 rods, while the house well should be as far removed from it as 

 convenience will warrant ; that is, let the house be about mid- 

 way between them. It is a well established fact that the im- 

 purities contained in drinking water are a prolific source of 

 fevers, and should be carefully guarded against. 



PLAN FOK A HOUSE. 



My house fronts the east, upon a north and south road. 

 My yards are upon the east side of the road, about twelve rods 

 distant from the house. My out-house is due west, four rods, 

 and the house well northeast. We are very seldom troubled 

 with foul smells, and our well water is as pure as water can be 

 without filtering. 



A HOMESTEADER. 



I have lived in this section over nine years ; honiesteaded 



