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which the stock may be comfortable when out of doors 

 in winter. 



The fields. A complete inspection of the farm is 

 necessary, in selecting one to purchase, and it should 

 be even more complete when deciding on the 

 general plan for its development. Lands which can- 

 not be used in arable fields in the general scheme 

 of the rotation must be set aside for meadows, 

 permanent pastures or wood lots. In considering 

 these in connection with the several fields into 

 which the arable portion should be divided for the pur- 

 pose of decid- 

 ing upon a sys- 

 tem of rotating 

 the crops, each 

 should be so ar- 

 ranged that it 

 may be reached 

 through suit- 

 able roads and 

 lanes. (See 

 Figure 41.) The 

 fields which are 

 to be alter- 

 nately plowed 

 and in tame 

 grasses should "* *" 



, , Figure 43D. Harlan Farm. One-hundred-and-sixty-acre farm 



DC three Or before replanning. The wet area is to be tile drained. 



more in number, so as to make practicable a system of 

 change or rotation which will be at once profitable in the 

 yields of crops, and will aid in keeping up the fertility of 

 the soil. The plan of the fields and lanes should also be 

 platted on paper. This is important, not only to preserve 

 the plan, but to induce one to keep a record of the fields. 

 Provide for systematic rotation. Every farm business 

 should be planned out years ahead and the plan should 



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