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SUCCESSFUL FARMING 



farmstead. The small fields, if not immediately adjacent to the farm- 

 stead, should be connected with it by short lanes, and these should generally 

 be fenced. Such fields will be most frequently used for summer forage and 

 pasture purposes. 



Farm Lanes, Roads and Fences. — Farm lanes should be sufficiently 

 wide for the convenient passage of all types of farm machinery to and from 

 the fields, and where gates are necessary, they should be sufficiently wide 

 to permit the passage of wide machines, such as hay-rakes and binders. 

 Seldom should a lane be less than two rods in width. Lanes that are 

 fenced and through which livestock frequently pass may be considerably 

 wider, providing they can be pastured. Such lanes are fully utilized and 



A Good Farm Fence. 1 



provide for some latitude in the roadway in case the road becomes too 

 bad and difficult for heavy hauling. 



The ideal road arrangement is to have the public road pass through 

 the center of the farm. While this takes more of the farm land than when 

 the road passes along the border of the farm, the saving in time in reaching 

 all parts of the farm over a good public road more than offsets the loss in 

 land. Where such roads are available, farmers are advised to have their 

 buildings all on one side. To have the house on one side and the barn on 

 the other is both dangerous and inconvenient. Such an arrangement calls 

 for fences and gates to keep the livestock within the farm fields and out of 

 the public highway. If such provision is not made, stock may be injured 

 by automobiles, or passersby may be injured as a result of the stock being 

 in the highway. 



Unnecessary fences are frequently provided at much expense. Many 



1 Courtesy of Wallace's Farmer. _ 



