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that needs cleaning up? Are there any fences or gates that 

 need repairing? 



3. Make a plan of your farm homestead, locating all 

 of the buildings. Now suggest any rearrangement that 

 would make the homestead more convenient or attractive. 



4. Make a plan showing how water could be brought 

 by underground pipes from an elevated tank from your 

 windmill or silo, (1) to the kitchen of your house, and (2) 

 to your barns. Also make a drawing of a drain leading from 

 your basement to a cesspool ; show a plan also of the cess- 

 pool. What is a septic tank? 



5. Consider carefully what practical project you could 

 carry out for the improvement either of the appearance or 

 the convenience of your farm homestead, and talk with 

 your father about undertaking it. Show a detailed esti- 

 mate of any expense involved, including labor and material. 



