. Farm development; an introductory book in agriculture, including a discussion of soils, selecting & planning farms, subduing the fields, drainage, irrigation, roads, fences, together with introductory chapters concerning farm business, and the relations of general science to agriculture . l^nilding them near together, to inclose orshelter a court or yard in which the wood cutting andmany other outdoor duties may be performed in com-fort, e\en on cold days. The barn buildings.—The buildings for animals andfeedstuffs should not be too near the residence, because of the odors,and tlic litterw I
. Farm development; an introductory book in agriculture, including a discussion of soils, selecting & planning farms, subduing the fields, drainage, irrigation, roads, fences, together with introductory chapters concerning farm business, and the relations of general science to agriculture . l^nilding them near together, to inclose orshelter a court or yard in which the wood cutting andmany other outdoor duties may be performed in com-fort, e\en on cold days. The barn buildings.—The buildings for animals andfeedstuffs should not be too near the residence, because of the odors,and tlic litterw It i c h isusually scat-tered about atharvest shouldthe distance betoo great, es-j^ecially in cold,windy countries,w h ere thenumerous dailytri]:)S betweenthe house andb a r n s shouldnot be imneces-sarily are manyarguments forhaving one large barn and centering there the live stockand their foods. In developing a farm, however, themeans with which to erect buildings are not earned ata bound, and, as a rule, it is necessary to erect one build-ing at a time. It is not a bad plan, as it can be afiforded,to build well a separate building for each class of livestock. The barns, machinery sheds, and other sheds andgranaries mav often be used to inclose vards, in. coin Figure 43C. ()ls(pii Faini. Ueorgaiiizeil plaii. NOTE. Five-year i-itatimi ini five twenty-acre fieliis: Firstyear, wlieat; secoiul year, ; tliird year, grass; , grain; flftli year. corn. Four-year rotation on four fields of five and six acres eacli:First year, corn: second year, wlieat; tlilrd year, clover;fourtli year, plots of annual and soiling crops, tnbe used witli movaljle fences for separately fencing eacli por-tion as ready for pastm-ins PLANNr\(; Till: fakm III which the stock may be comfortable when out of doorsin winter. The fields.—A comi)lete inspecLion of the farm isnecessary, in selecting one to purchase, and it shouldbe even more complete when d
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