FARM HOME OF FIVE ACRES 
(SEE PLAN NO. 1) 
N A five-acre lot just outside a large village stands a big square 
old-fashioned house. The country is very level and few trees 
relieve the scene. The former owners never thought of shade in 
summer nor of shelter in winter, and cared not for green of leaf and 
color of flower. 
Though the new owner has little time or money to spend on fine gar- 
den details, he is very fond of trees and intends to have many upon his 
home grounds since he appreciates their advantages. He expects to col- 
lect many of them from the neighboring fields, and since he knows how 
to root prune a year ahead of moving, and has a team of his own so that 
he may move them when weather conditions are right, we may expect 
that his planting will be a success. He is rather a crank on getting trees 
found in his native New England, though not all the species that he hopes 
to plant are found growing naturally in his town. Let us make for him a 
suggestion for arrangement as a guide in his work, since his planting will 
take several years to complete. 
Three main divisions may be made of the property—(1) the house 
areas and the lawn; (2) the barn, outbuildings, vegetable garden, poultry- 
yard and cow-yard; and (3) the orchard. Fortunately the house was 
set well back from the street, and the barn was not too near the house. 
The roadway has been relocated and most of the smaller buildings given 
new locations to better serve their respective uses. _ 
The orchard and windbreak (since the country is nearly level) are 
best on the north side of the property. For a windbreak to be effective 
when made of but a few trees, the coniferous evergreens native to that 
region are best. We shall plant a group of White Pine in the extreme 
north corner and a few Hemlocks by the barn. 
In the orchard we can plant such fruit trees as the owner desires to 
give a continuous supply for the family the year round, putting the taller 
and more permanent trees, as Pear and Apple, farthest from the build- 
ings, and reserving an area near the barn for the small fruits. Grapes we 
may put on the boundary fences in places not too near to the street. 
The vegetable garden and the yards for poultry and cattle will take up 
the western part of the farm lot. 
To give shade for the cattle—their grazing grounds must be beyond the 
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