58 ELEMENTARY FORESTRY. 
breaks and ornamental trees and shrubs will be needed for wind 
protection and for beautifying the place. This arrangement 
gives plenty of room for the buildings, barnyards, garden and 
orchard, and, while all the land enclosed may not be needed 
for these purposes, the remainder is well adapted to the growing 
NORTH. 
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Tigure 6. Suggestion in detail for laying out the grounds about the 
buildings on a prairie farm. Highway on south, size 30x37 rods enclosing 
five acres; windbreak on north and west five rods wide. Two rows of 
trees next to highway. Rows of trees indicated. 
of general farm crops. The plans are only suggestive and no 
attempt is made to work out details, and there are compara- 
tively few farms that they would fit exactly. For instance, while 
itis desirable to have the buildings centrally located, their posi- 
tion must frequently be pushed to one side on account of a 
swamp or lowland which is not suitable for them, or their posi- 
tion may be determined by a beautiful natural grove. Figure 6 
shows a plan for a south front drawn on a larger scale. It may 
often be desirable to change the shape of the land enclosed, but 
