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as possible. There are thousands of other homes that can 
amply afford these comforts and conveniences and would 
have them if the house were brought up to date as com- 
pletely as the equipment of farm machinery. 
Other Farm Buildings. — In recent years we have learned 
to pay more and more attention to the lighting and ventilat- 
ing of the stable in which 
live stock is kept, believing 
that these two factors, as 
well as warmth, are as essen- 
tial to the health of horses 
and cattle as they are to 
human beings. If diversi- 
fied farming is carried on, a 
good silo should be included 
in thelayout. Other impor- 
tant buildings, as granary 
and machine sheds, our 
readers are quite familiar with and require no comment here. 
All buildings from which the water supply might be polluted 
should be kept at a good distance from the well. 
MopDERN BARN WITH SILO 
Farm MACHINERY 
The invention and employment of labor-saving machinery 
for the farm during the last fifty years forms a most inter- 
esting and important chapter in the history of human progress. 
With modern implements, horse power, and farm motors, 
one man can now accomplish as much labor as many men could 
accomplish fifty years ago and do it with less of the tedious 
drudgery and backache of former days. This machinery, 
however, which is doing so much for the modern farmer, 
is also quite often the means of his financial ruin, for it costs 
