FABM BUILDINGS 17 



LESSON II 



FABM BUILDINGS 



Location. On our farm we have a good house, barn, 

 granary, silo, carriage house, poultry house, and farm 

 laboratory. Attention has been given to the proper 

 arrangement of these buildings, within themselves and 

 in relation to each other. The barn and other farm 

 houses are located back of the dwelling house, and the 

 vegetable garden is convenient to the kitchen, yet well 

 hidden from the front view of the house. The dwelling 

 house is situated upon an elevation sufficient to afford 

 good drainage, several rods back from the road, leaving 

 room for a pretty lawn in front. A drive leads from 

 the road to the barn, passing through the barn-lot, con- 

 venient to the side of the house. A clean, dry gravel 

 walk leads from the house to the barn. A silo is 

 attached to the barn, and the granary is near by. One 

 of the most important out-buildings on our farm is the 

 silo. The importance of silage as a feeding stuff is 

 growing more apparent, but silage will not keep well 

 in a poorly constructed silo. The silo must be air-tight, 

 strong, perfectly smooth on the inside, and placed on 

 a strong, solid foundation. 



The farm workshop. Every farmer should have a 

 building, or a room in some building, in which he can 

 do experimental work with plants, soils, etc., and in 

 which he can do wood-working, forging in iron, and 

 general shop work. A shop well equipped with car- 

 penter's tools, a forge and anvil, a work-bench and its 



