ADORNING THE FARMSTEAD AND SCHOOL GROUNDS. 449 



In planning the farmstead it is of the greatest importance to 

 consider the factors of economy and convenience. The impor- 

 tant points are : 



1. To save time in traveling to and from chores. 



2. To save time in convenient arrangement for handling stock and 

 feed. 



3. The corn crib should be near the place to feed the corn. 



4. The silo should be near the place to feed the cattle. 



5. The watering place should be near the stables, or centrally 

 located. 



6. A stable should have a convenient yard for stock. 



The buildings and their arrangement on a farm will depend 

 upon the particular kind of farming to be pursued. 



If it is to be general farming it will require some if not all 

 of the following : 



1. A farmhouse. 10. A wood or coal shed. 



2. A barn. 11. A smoke house. 



3. A henhouse. 12. Stables for stock. 



4. A hog pen. 13. Tanks and windmill. 



5. A corn crib. 14. A shop. 



6. A silo. 15. Garage. 



7. A milk house. 16. A colony house for bees. 



8. A tool shed. 17. Farm scale. 



9. A granary. 18. Ice house. 



Any special industry of the farm such as dairying, trucking, 

 fruit growing, poultry raising, etc., will of course demand an 

 arrangement of buildings suited to the special line of work done. 



The landscape should be so planned as to show the orderly 

 arrangement of the buildings. 



The order of arrangement should be to have all buildings 

 within view of the dwelling and public highway and all front 

 sides to the front and all back sides to the rear. 



Locate buildings so as to avoid unpleasant odors being car- 

 ried by the usual direction of the winds blowing toward the house 

 in your locality. 



Stables and manure should be at least 200 feet away from 

 dwellings. 



Every state should have a law permitting the registration of 



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