FARM IMPROVEMENTS 



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The general arrangement of the yard, lawn, barn lot, feed lot, 

 poultry yard, orchard, varies greatly; but any arrangement in 

 which the farm residence and lawn are not made prominent may 

 be regarded as faulty. 



The students should study and criticise the plan given here 

 and then submit plans of their own designing for a model farm of 

 one hundred and sixty acres or more of land. 



Plan of a farm. 



The Barn. Nearly every farmer has his own ideas about how 

 the barn shall be arranged, and any plan which will afford shed 

 room for the stock, grain, hay, vehicles, and farm implements 

 may be regarded as satisfactory. Everything should be made as 

 convenient as possible, and the grain bins and cribs should be ar- 

 ranged so that they will be near the stalls where the stock is to 

 be fed. We submit here the plan of a barn owned by a prosper- 

 ous Missouri farmer which seems fairly satisfactory. This barn 

 is a two-story structure, having on the ground floor a row of 

 stalls for horses at the left, then a large driveway and shed room 

 for buggies and wagons. In the center there is a large crib at the 

 rear and two rows of stalls in front. Adjoining these is a small 

 hallwav, and to the right of it there are an implement shed and a 



