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house. The outbuildings should not be arranged so that it is 

 necessary to go through the stable yard in order to reach the stable, 

 crib, or silo. The silo should be near the barn, and should be 

 strong and air-tight and smooth inside. 



EXERCISE 



1. Name and describe three necessary farm tools. Describe one 

 improved tool and tell the advantages of its use. 



2. Suppose a farmer buys a corn planter for sixteen dollars that saves 

 him every year three dollars and a half in labor. How long must it last 

 to repay cost ? If repairs every year cost ninety cents, how much longer 

 must it last to repay cost? 



3. Examine and compare the tools used by different farmers of your 

 neighborhood. Compare cost and work, and estimate their value to the 

 farmer. 



GOOD ROADS 



Disadvantages of Bad Roads. Roads are of importance to 

 many people, but most of all to those who live on farms and have 

 to haul all their produce over them and pass over them for all 

 communication with the outside world. Bad roads interfere with 

 both the social and the business life of the farm. They increase 

 greatly the labor and expense of marketing a crop. In many 

 cases they render it impossible to market perishable crops, such as 

 melons, fruits, and vegetables. It is so disagreeable to travel on 

 bad roads, that they lessen church and school attendance and 

 neighborly visiting. 



As soon as farmers want good roads enough to insist upon having 

 them, every bad road in our country will be replaced by a good 

 one. The millions of dollars which are now wasted every year 

 on bad roads will be used to maintain good ones. Instead of 



