PLANNING THE FARM 



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farmstead, as definitely locates the size, form and position 

 of this center of the operations of the farm, as the placing 

 of the foundation and sills of a barn or dwelling decides 

 upon the plan of the building. These foundation plans 

 should be large so that the farmstead may contain ample 

 room for all the buildings, yards and garden plats which 

 may be needed in the future. If there is more land thus 

 inclosed than is needed in the start, one or two small plats 

 or fields can be utilized for special crops. Potatoes, roots 

 for stock, corn or other crops for soilage, or pastures for 

 calves, colts or hogs, may thus be raised to advantage 

 near the build- 

 The area 



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ings 



within the wind- 

 breaks should be 

 large enough so 

 that when the 

 live stock has so 

 increased as to 

 necessitate en- 

 larging the num- 

 ber of buildings 

 and paddocks, 

 there will be 

 adequate room. 



Many farms 

 on the prairies 

 are not sheltered 



bv windbreaks. Figure 39. Farmstead fronting road on the south. I, Horse 

 / ' barn; II, swine barn; III, poultry house; IV, cattle barn. 



though ample 



time has elapsed since they were first established. The 

 dreary aspect, the frigid experiences of caring for stock 

 in winter, the loss of profits on animals from the lack of 

 protection from the sweep of biting winds, the barren- 

 ness of the surroundings of the home, are not to be con- 

 sidered lightly. The man or woman who has grown up 





