PRAIRIE PLANTING. 



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similar to this would work out to good advantage and the 

 area enclosed by windbreaks could often be increased to ten 

 acres to good advantage. 



A rule that should be carefully followed in all tree plant- 



Figure 5. Suggestion for laying out the grounds about the buildings 

 on prairie farms, showing arrangements adapted to a highway located 

 on four different sides. S : ze 30x37 rods, enclosing five acres, exclusive of 

 shelterbelt on north and west sides five rods wide. Rows of trees indi- 

 cated. See figure (6) for farther details and suggestions. 



ings is that the view from the most commonly used rooms of 

 anything that is suggestive of pleasant associations or that 

 is especially interesting or entertaining should not be cut off. 



