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and thus screen them so that they will not be too conspicuous to 

 those approaching. In hilly countries the topography or lay of 

 the land will largely determine what may be done in the matter 

 of approaches, and it correspondingly gives opportunities for variety 

 of treatment. 



In flat countries the problem of providing a convenient approach 

 is not so difficult, but, on the other hand, it requires considerable 

 thought and care to -have it convenient without being commonplace 

 and uninteresting. 



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FIG. 28. A good approach, to a farmstead. 



Where the buildings are located some distance back from the high- 

 way an approach from the public road to the group of buildings 

 becomes necessary. In hilly countries this approach will often need 

 to be curved or crooked in order to avoid objectionable grades. As 

 far as possible the roacl surface should be kept hidden from the 

 home, but on approaching, the visitor should from time to time get 

 glimpses of the house and should feel that he is going toward it, 

 although not straight at it. In a flat country, especially where the 

 farms are all laid out in rectangles, the approach road from the 

 highway had better be straight till it reaches the farmstead (fig. 29), 



