. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Buildings and Yards. 469 stone walks. Every farmer should know how to make a cement walk or a concrete foundation. The difficulty of securing good walks is aggra- vated hy the common custom of placing the barn across the road from the house. There are reasons, of course, for preferring the barn and resi- dence on opposite sides of the highway — the highway serves as a lane and the roadside as a yard; yet it is strange, after all, that a person is willing
. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Buildings and Yards. 469 stone walks. Every farmer should know how to make a cement walk or a concrete foundation. The difficulty of securing good walks is aggra- vated hy the common custom of placing the barn across the road from the house. There are reasons, of course, for preferring the barn and resi- dence on opposite sides of the highway — the highway serves as a lane and the roadside as a yard; yet it is strange, after all, that a person is willing to have a public thoroughfare cut through the most private and. / J. Fig. 291.— Useful end dignified porch post. personal part of his establishment. It would seem that a man would want to have absolute control of the land lying between a farm house and the barns. Yet whatever the position of the buildings, walks should connect them and make them accessible in all kinds of weather; and these walks should be broad, direct and permanent. I know a farmstead in which the women for years have gone to the pump down and up the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Ithaca, N. Y. : The University
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