. Principles of American forestry . Forests and forestry. TREE-PLANTING ON PHAIKIES. 59 may often be desirable to change the shape of the land enclosed, but in the great majority of prairie farms a plan similar to this would work out to good advantage and the area enclosed by windbreaks could often be increased to ten acres to good advantage. A rule that should be carefully followed in all tree plant- ings is that the view from the most commonly used rooms. Highway Fig. 7.—Suggestion in detail for laying out the grounds about the buildings on a prairie farm. Highway on south, size 30X37 rods,
. Principles of American forestry . Forests and forestry. TREE-PLANTING ON PHAIKIES. 59 may often be desirable to change the shape of the land enclosed, but in the great majority of prairie farms a plan similar to this would work out to good advantage and the area enclosed by windbreaks could often be increased to ten acres to good advantage. A rule that should be carefully followed in all tree plant- ings is that the view from the most commonly used rooms. Highway Fig. 7.—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 anj'thing that is suggestive of pleasant associations or that is especially interesting or entertaining should not be cut off. Under this head would be included the view from the living-room windows, of the travelled wagon-road or perhaps of the railroad, of the neighboring houses or per- haps a near-by lake, and of the important fields on the farm,. 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 Green, Samuel B. (Samuel Bowdlear), 1859-1910. New York, J. Wiley & Sons
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