THE FARMSTEAD BEAUTIFUL 



nor too few. Most home makers err by pro- 

 fusion of shade near the house, rendering it 

 unhealthy and obscuring the prospect. If 

 the climate is dry and windy, more trees 

 may surround the house and they may stand 

 closer to it than is proper in damp situations. 

 It is often recommended that a row of tall 

 trees be planted in rear of the house, partly 

 as an artistic backing for it, and partly to 

 shield the barn from view. I do not like 

 this. Trees in the position named are too 

 far away to shade the house, while they can- 

 not but veil the view. The barn should be 

 visible from the house, not veiled; only, it 

 and all about it should be rendered per- 

 fectly neat and sightly. 



Have large gardens and flower gardens. 

 Make them long, the rows lengthwise, and 

 plant so that all rows can be cultivated with 

 horse power. Those flower strips which I 

 recommended as borders to your lawn or 

 lawns may also be so planted as to be kept 

 clean by means of the horse plow. 



I come now to the house itself, the cen- 

 ter of the farm life, where the farmer and 



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