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FARM DEVELOPMENT 



40 RODS 



GARDEN 



ORCHARD 



within a prairie home snugly surrounded by a grove 

 planted early by the father, can best appreciate the dif- 

 ference between that and the unprotected farmhouse. 

 Considered from the standpoint of cost and profit in 

 dollars and cents, the grove pays. If to this is added the 

 comforts, the pleasures, the greater possibilities of hav- 



i n g a more 

 beautiful home 

 life, stronger 

 attachment of 

 the children to 

 the home, and 

 better op- 

 portunities for 

 developing 

 strong, useful 

 lives, the 

 profits are not 

 easily com- 

 puted. 



In the middle 

 northwest, 

 where the 

 prevailing win- 

 ter winds and 

 cold storms come from the north and west, it is usually 

 desirable to have the windbreak on these two sides, with 

 the south and east open to the warm sun, as shown in 

 Figures 37, 38, 39 and 40. These four plans are designed 

 to show: the general arrangement as to the approach 

 from the public highway, whether it is on the north, 

 east, west or south ; the relative location and distance 

 apart of buildings ; and the general plans for lanes and 

 paddocks, also the location of the orchard and the gar- 

 dens. Nearly every farm offers individual problems and 

 only general suggestions can be given here. In some 



Figure 40. Farmstead fronting road on the west, a, house; 

 b, horse barn; c, poultry house; d, cow barn; e, hog barn. 



