TEXTBOOK OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING 
should be not less than 110 feet wide by 120 feet long parallel to the 
public highway. The barn should be located at the end or side of 
this farm-yard; in either case it is much farther from the highway 
than the house. Ifthe barn is at the side of the barn-yard it should 
be directly in front of the entrance driveway. The end of the barn 
bearing the hay door should open into the farm-yard in order to 
avoid opening gates in putting hay in the barn. If this door can 
be located on the north or east side of the barn it is the most desirable 
as it avoids the hot sun on summer afternoons. 
The elevator or feed building with its companion building, the 
hog barn, might be located at the left side of the farm-yard. A 
double elevator with a driveway passing through should be so lo- 
cated that it is possible to drive from the fields between the cribs 
or granaries without opening any gates. 
A cement feed floor beside the elevator is a feed saver and 
is the best location for self feeders, water tank, etc. A floor on the 
north side of an elevator should be avoided because of the ice and 
snow which accumulate there in winter and the dampness at differ- 
ent times of the year. 
A hog barn should be located with direct access to the cement 
feed floor, the feed building and a hog pasture; and especially one 
entrance door should open out upon the farm-yard to avoid the useless 
opening of gates. 
A machine shed might be located at the corner of the farm-yard 
near the barn, and a road to the fields might lead between the barn 
and machine shed, making it easier to place machinery in the shed 
rather than in a location at a distant point of the farmstead. A 
small service yard in connection with the machine shed is always 
desirable to store wire fencing, fence posts, old machinery and other 
such material. Both the garage and poultry house should be lo- 
cated on the side of the farmstead nearest the house, a door of each 
should if possible open directly from the door-yard to give ready 
access from the house. 
With the buildings located according to these principles, it will 
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