THE FARMSTEAD BEAUTIFUL 



ery, old wheels, sleighs and such things 

 lying here and there. This is another point 

 at which use and beauty perfectly agree, for 

 the loss suffered by shiftlessness of this kind 

 is as great as the offense it offers to your sense 

 of beauty. 



I say little about the shape and style of 

 these outbuildings. I recommend, however, 

 that the barn be rectangular, perfectly pro- 

 portioned, painted some plain color, and 

 topped with an appropriate cupola, and that 

 the front approach be neatly graded and 

 paved or graveled. 



By the "home lot" I mean the space im- 

 mediately surrounding the house. A nice 

 shape for this tract is the perfect square with 

 the house in the center, the front of the 

 square bordering upon the street. Have the 

 ground slope gradually away from the 

 house in all directions making the house 

 foundation the acme of a pyramid. Each 

 face of this pyramid should be a lawn, the 

 arrangement and beautification of which 

 will be discussed presently. There is no 

 real necessity for a house yard. If wood is 



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