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ELEMENTARY FORESTRY. 



Under this head would be included the view from the living- 

 room windows of the traveled wag-on road or perhaps of the 

 railroad, of the neighboring houses or perhaps a nearby lake 

 and of the important fields on the farm, especially those where 

 stock is pastured. These views can generally be secured with- 



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

 buildings on a prairie farm. High-way on south, size 3Ox37 rods enclos- 

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

 of trees next to highway. Rows of trees indicated. 



out seriously impairing the value of the windbreaks by cut- 

 ting small openings in them or perhaps by simply shortening 

 the trees, so that they will not interfere with the line of sight. 



