TREES SHRUBS AND PLANTS FOR 

 FARM AND HOME PLA3tfT : i : NG 



BY C. P. Halligan 



INTRODUCTION 



Why One Should Plant. 



(a) Because of a desire to make the farm home a better place in which 

 to live. 



The rural ideal today of making the country a better place in which to 

 live begins with the improvement of the interior conveniences of the house 

 and the exterior surroundings of the home. The attachments that are 

 formed for the home are frequently associated with the trees, shrubs and 

 flowers that surround it. A farm house standing out in its nakedness to 

 the severest storms of winter and the torrid heat of summer with no trees 

 to shelter it or shrubs to clothe it, is hardly conducive to the formation 

 of loving thoughts and tender memories. From such farms the young 

 folks migrate to the cities and the old folks to the towns. If the farm is 

 worth farming, then the grounds about the house are worth developing 

 into a pleasing home grounds. 



(b) Because it is one's duty to plant. 



Every man owes it to his family, his neighbors and his community to 

 develop his property and maintain it in as neat and attractive a manner 

 as his means will permit. 



The environment of children to a large degree measures their ideals. 

 Noble characters and lofty ideals are not formed amid unclean and un- 

 kempt surroundings. Healthy children with wholesome thoughts demand 

 an environment that is healthful, clean and inspiring. 



The value of property for living purposes depends considerably upon 

 the general appearance of the surrounding property. It no longer remains 

 a personal privilege for one to neglect the appearance of his grounds as 

 such neglect detracts from the value of the property of his neighbors as 

 well as from his own. 



A community that is characterized by pleasing homes that are neat 

 and trim in appearance constitutes an inviting location for desirable 

 people seeking new farm sites. The value of such farm properties is 

 measured upon this factor as well as upon the general productive value of 

 the land. It is a public duty, therefore, of all who are fortunate enough 

 to possess a bit of land surrounding the house, to make the place 

 as pleasing, interesting and livable as a home grounds should be that its 

 attractiveness may enhance the beauty of the street and community of 

 which it is a part. 



(c) Because it is a good financial investment. 



A few dollars and a little labor spent in developing and improving the 

 home grounds, in properly planting a few trees and in arranging shrubs 

 around the grounds, will, in a few years, often increase the financial value 

 of the property more than a similar amount spent in any other manner. 



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