TREES, SHRUBS AND PLANTS 



A log cabin; the farm home of the pioneer, typical of the first stages in 

 the agricultural development of Michigan 



In fact, the value of a stately huge elm, majestically overspreading the 

 house and lawn, can hardly be reckoned in dollars. Such well developed 

 trees and plantings that have been judiciously placed are simply the basis 

 of all that is desirable about them. 



If farmers would invest more of the profits of the farm in improve- 

 ments on the place, rather than in outside investments that they know 

 less about, making the farm home annually a better place in which to live, 

 many of them would be far more comfortable today both financially and 

 physically. 



Invest at least a part of the profits of the farm each year in making 

 the place a more pleasing and comfortable one in which to live and one 

 will feel less disposed to give it up and retire to the town. Make the farm 

 grounds themselves worth retiring upon. Make this, a well improved 

 farm, the heritage of your children and more of the younger generation 

 will not only stay on the farm but a farm for them worth remaining on 

 will be the result. 



SELECTION OF BUILDING SITES 



In the selection of a site for any building, there are three determinant 

 requisites. The first of these requisites is soil drainage. A poorly drained 

 site for a building is unhealthful, disagreeable and frequently a very costly 

 site to maintain. A well soil-drained site is of first importance. 



Air drainage is of equal importance. A damp or stagnant air is as 

 objectionable to the health as poor soil drainage. The site for buildings, 

 therefore, should be such as to possess a good natural circulation of air. 

 Beware of hollows or pockets on hill sides where the cold damp atmosphere 



