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breaks and ornamental trees and shrubs will be needed for wind 

 protection and for beautifying the place. This arrangement 

 gives plenty of room for the buildings, barnyards, garden and 

 orchard, and, while all the land enclosed may not be needed 

 for these purposes, the remainder is well adapted to the growing 



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Figure 6. Suggestion in detail for laying out the grounds about the 

 buildings on a prairie farm. Highway on south, size 30x37 rods enclosing 

 five acres; windbreak on north and west five rods wide. Two rows of 

 trees next to highway. Rows of trees indicated. 



of general farm crops. The plans are only suggestive and no 

 attempt is made to work out details, and there are compara- 

 tively few farrps that they would fit exactly. For instance, while 

 it is desirable to have the buildings centrally located, their posi- 

 tion must frequently be pushed to one side on account of a 

 swamp or lowland which is not suitable for them, or their posi- 

 tion may be determined by a beautiful natural grove. Figure 6 

 shows a plan for a south front drawn on a larger scale. It may 

 often be desirable to change the shape of the land enclosed, but 



