THE TRAINING OF FARMERS 



to be held by tradition. The silent and 

 continuing influence of the building in 

 which it lives, has a powerful effect on the 

 child. The proper building of barns, 

 dairies, stables, creameries, poultry houses, 

 and all the other constructions of the farm, 

 must now receive expert attention. The 

 experts cannot be practising architects, 

 because the fees in farm-building are in- 

 sufficient; the regular architects do not 

 study these questions. The experts must 

 come from the colleges of agriculture or 

 other public institutions. Within a genera- 

 tion, the greater part of all the farm build- 

 ings in North America should be rebuilt. 

 Who is going to direct the work? 



The farms of a college of agriculture 

 should have a number of model farm 

 houses of different cost, with the grounds 

 properly laid out and planted, as examples 

 to the people of the state. 



The landscape 



Related to this is the development of the 

 landscape features of the open country, 

 the proper subdivision and lay-out of 

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