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3. The location of the woodland. 



4. The location of water. 



5. The natural drainage. 



6. The original shape of the tract. 

 The features to be desired are : 



1. Convenience of access, economy of fencing, and con- 

 venience of rotation, of the fields. 



2. Convenience of relation to one another, to the fields, 

 to the lots, and to the highways, of the buildings. 



A map of the farm showing location of buildings, lots, 

 fields, streams, roads, and draining is very helpful. Each 



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 run. 



Fig. 253. An inconvenient arrangement of farm buildings 



field should be designated by a particular name or number 

 and the exact acreage indicated. Such a map is extremely 

 useful in planning the operations of the farm, the rotations, 

 and in calculating the amounts of fertilizers, seed, etc. 



