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barn court. A windbreak upon the west and north of this group of build- 

 ings, while sheltering them, will likewise protect the house and home garden 

 and orchard from prevailing winds. To reach this court, the entrance drive 

 would pass the house, preferably upon the west side, but not nearer than 

 fifty feet a little spur being provided from it for the house visitors. For 

 convenience, arrange the buildings with the chicken house nearest the 

 kitchen, and for comfort place the hog pen or other more obnoxious neces- 

 sity farthest to the northeast. 



A CONVENIENT AND ATTRACTIVE FARMSTEAD. 1 



Provide a vegetable garden, hedged in if possible, very near tl^e house 

 and let it be tastefully laid out and contain the small fruits such as currants, 

 raspberries, strawberries, grapes, asparagus and rhubarb; possibly dwarf 

 fruit trees as well as kitchen vegetables and hardy flowers for cutting. 

 Such a garden need not, in fact, it should not, be relegated to the back of 

 the place, but may lie toward the front road and form the east side of the 

 remaining area of the house lawn. All of this makes for convenience of 

 operation of the farm plant and affords opportunity to ornament it with the 

 greatest ease and effectiveness. But it is only an ideal, and most places are 



1 Courtesy of Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden City, N. Y. From " Farm Management," by Card. 



