A HOME and its surroundings must be attractive 

 in order to be most uplifting to the family, 

 visitors, and passers-by. 



Farmsteads especially need attention in order to 

 secure satisfactory conditions. The farm home and 

 the farm business are so closely related that the suc- 

 cess of the latter is reflected in the appearance of the 

 former. 



All the buildings with their immediate surround- 

 ings must be considered. The roads and walks; the 

 home vegetable, fruit, and flower gardens; the lawns; 

 and the ornamental plantings are also important 

 factors in determining the plan. 



Each building needs sufficient land about it to give 

 it a proper appearance and provide the necessary 

 yards or work room, and each should be so located 

 with respect to other buildings as to facilitate the 

 work of the farm. 



Roads and walks should be limited to the number 

 necessary to facilitate daily traffic. 



Vegetable, fruit, and flower gardens must provide 

 liberally for the family needs. 



The lawns should be so located and of such size as 

 to give a pleasing setting for the home, but not large 

 enough to make their care burdensome. 



Suitable plantings are necessary to unite the parts 

 of a farmstead into a pleasing, homelike whole. 

 Trees are used for windbreaks, as frames for the 

 buildings or a background for them, and to give 

 shade. Shrubs are needed in abundance to hide par- 

 tially the foundation lines of buildings, support their 

 corners, give reasons for turns in drives or walks, 

 and to screen unsightly objects. Native trees and 

 shrubs and those known by trial to thrive in the 

 locality are the best to use. 



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