LESSON 34 
FARMSTEAD GROUP 
iC fos HIS lesson gives the opportunity to study the 
Cl IREDY 4 economic and artistic grouping of farm buildings. 
e Pots és) The considerations here presented have special 
Zz is «> reference to conditions existing in the prairie 
N SY) farming states of the Middle West, though to 
War" a large extent the same principles should govern 
the layout of a farm group anywhere. 
Definition 
For the purpose of this discussion a farmstead is understood to 
be a group of buildings used upon a farm, with the adjacent en- 
closures and plantings. These will include farm dwelling house, 
barns, granaries, house-yard, barn-yard, feed-yards, water supply, 
etc. 
Illustration 
The farmstead here shown was designed by Mr. R. J. Pearse, 
landscape architect, of Des Moines, Iowa, and executed for Mr. 
W. J. Osgood of Sheldon, Iowa. The following discussion of the 
principles involved in making such a design is written by Mr. Pearse. 
Discussion 
The farmstead is the business front of the farming profession. 
It occupies less space, is more expensive and more productive than 
any other part of the farm. For that reason there is a greater 
chance for useless expenditure and diminished returns. 
As the most expensive part of the farm, representing a perma- 
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