TEEES AND SHRUBS ON THE FARM 

 PROTECTING THE HOME GROUNDS 



One of the first points to be considered after the selection of 

 the site for the home is that of proper protection of the grounds 

 from your own and your neighbors' stock. Trees and shrubs and 

 garden vegetables planted upon the dry farm can be expected to 

 thrive only when given the best of care and protection. The trees 

 and shrubs may need pruning and the orchard frequent cultivation, 

 but cows and horses are poor pruners and hogs hardly follow 

 approved dry farm practices in such cultivating as they may do. 



The fence should be high enough and strong enough to turn 

 alt kinds of live stock, with the possible exception of chickens. It 

 should extend around the entire grounds and should be set out far 

 enough to prevent stock from reaching the plants in any way. As 

 a rule the barnyard should be fenced off from the rest of the grounds, 

 especially if stock are allowed any freedom at all about the barns. 

 The one who tends the garden will usually realize the importance 

 of having it fenced, especially as a protection against the chickens. 

 Do not plant your home grounds and then build the fence; build 

 the fence first. 



PLANNING THE HOME GROUNDS 



Some attention should be given to planning the yard for con- 

 venience. The house should be convenient to the orchard, the gar- 

 den, and the barnyard; but it should be in a yard of its own, separate 

 and distinct from the other portions of the grounds. It should be 

 far enough from the proposed windbreak so the snows which drift 

 inside the shelter will not be annoying about the house. The barns 

 should be located with the same thought in mind. The orchard 

 and the fruit garden should be located where they will be well 

 protected by the windbreak ; if they receive the drifting snows, so 

 much the better. Snow is the best protection for small fruits, and, 

 if caught and held within the orchard, supplies much-needed mois- 

 ture. The entrance may be planned to serve equally well the 

 house and the barn, or, better still, have a front entrance to serve 

 the house and a side entrance to handle the larger part of the travel 

 to the barn. 



The house should be located far enough from the road to pro- 

 vide a good foreground we can not make a good picture without 

 a foreground and the barn should be far enough from the house 

 to allow for a good back yard and screen of shrubbery between the 



