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should be as open as possible, and not so large but that 

 it can be mowed without too much work. Figure 97 

 shows a drawing that is marked, " Good example of a 

 planting plan " in a bulletin on " Planning and Adorning 

 the Farmstead." This plan is 20 rods square. The 

 bulletin does not state how much more land there is in the 



FIG 96. A well-laid-out lawn. 



farmstead. The barns are somewhere in the distance not 

 on the plan. To take care of this elaborate yard of 2| 

 acres would keep one man busy most of the time. No 

 such plan has any place on a farm. It is designed for a 

 rich man's home where a gardener is kept. The plans 

 made by landscape architects nearly always call for too 

 much work. The farmer must take care of the yard at 

 odd times, usually after a hard day's work. Such plans 

 are usually too artificial to put out in the country where 

 things are plainer than in cities. They are too much like 

 a dress suit in a hunting camp. But there are some under- 

 lying principles that a farmer needs to apply. 



