TEXTBOOK OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING 
taries at the back of the school house, connecting them with the 
woodshed or some similar structure. Very special effort should 
be put forth to keep them clean and in repair. 
Fences may be dispensed with on a good many rural school 
grounds, and should never be built unless clearly needed. Where 
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they are positively required they are usually best made of heavy 
woven wire, boy-high, boy-strong, and boy-tight, to paraphrase a 
famous saying. Every fence should have enough annual attention 
to keep it whole and standing straight. 
On a few country school grounds horse sheds will be needed. 
These should be at the back of the lot, out of the way of the play, 
but open to constant public view. 
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