Planning a Farm Homestead. 



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at all claiming to be a model, em- 

 bodies some of the most important 

 points- to be considered in laying out 

 the farm j^rounds. 



A Suggested Plan. 



In the plan here present fd the 

 outer boundary encloses a upace of 

 over ten acres. The outer belt of 

 trees is four rods wide and embraces 

 an area of over three acres. There 

 is room for fifteen rows of trees at 

 four feet apart or twenty at three 

 feet, and the belt is wide enough to 

 aflFoni efficient shelter and to protect 

 itself by excluding the drying winds. 



The closeness of the planting will 

 shorten the time required for culti- 

 vation, the most expensive item in 

 plantint' operations. 



The house is set fifty yards back 

 from the road to allow of a fair- 

 sized lawn in front, and forty yards 

 from the western plantation to avoid 

 trouble from snowdrifts. It is at the 

 same time close enough to the plan- 



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tation to be sheltered at aa early a 

 date as possible from the prevailing; 

 winds. The smaller plantation to 

 the east screens it from the yard, 

 and the one to the north affords 

 early shelter from that direction. 

 There will be little or no trouble 

 from snow behind these as the other 

 plantation will catch the drifts. 



Sometimes very cold winds arc ex- 

 perienced from the south and shelter 

 should be provided in that direction, 

 but at the same time this is the side 

 from which in this case the best view 

 is obtained and it should not be 

 sacrificed if possible. 



These two matters are provided for 

 in the hedge of Caragana (or other 

 shrub, or even spruce), which can be 

 kept trimmed to a height of four or 

 five feet — su£Bcient to afford a good 

 shelter, yet not high enough to ob- 

 struct the view. The row of stan- 

 dard trees inside the shelter hedge 

 can be pruned up to clean stems 

 about eight feet high, and encourag- 





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