Beautifying the Farmstead. 



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Fu;. 15. A plan for a farmstead when a good house, barn, and tenant house were 

 already erected close to the public road. 



family. It is necessary to decide, first, the working and living con- 

 ditions that need to be met, and, second, the impression which it is 

 desired that the home 

 shall give. For the 

 more expensive places 

 and for smaller places 

 where much grading is 

 involved, the employ- 

 ment of a landscape 

 designer is usually 

 more satisfactory and 

 economical. In most 

 communities there are 

 no well - trained men 

 available to advise in 

 such matters on terms 

 within the reach of 

 the small-home owner. 

 In localities well or- 

 ganized for community 

 work it may be possible 

 to secure a landscape 

 designer and an archi- 

 tect to help several in 

 the community at one 

 time. If the plan is 

 good much can be 

 accomplished in the 

 way of impr<ned ap- 

 pearance with only a 

 little work required for 

 installation and maintenance. Jf too much ground is included in 

 the farmstead or the design is made too intricate, the care of it will 



PASTURE 



FIG. 1C. Plan of a 2-acro farmstead. 



