. Better business. Better farming. Agriculture; Irrigation. 10 HINTS FROM A PRACTICAL FARMER. the planning!1 It may be your boys and girls have been away to school and secured ideas of what is economical, attractive, and con- venient in buildings, or in farm planning in general. They may be more consistent than you in reading the farm papers and able to go you one better on some phases of farm planning. Let them help with the planning. Anything that embodies their ideas will be of more in- terest to them. They will strive to make their ideas successful and they will be slow to leave the farm t
. Better business. Better farming. Agriculture; Irrigation. 10 HINTS FROM A PRACTICAL FARMER. the planning!1 It may be your boys and girls have been away to school and secured ideas of what is economical, attractive, and con- venient in buildings, or in farm planning in general. They may be more consistent than you in reading the farm papers and able to go you one better on some phases of farm planning. Let them help with the planning. Anything that embodies their ideas will be of more in- terest to them. They will strive to make their ideas successful and they will be slow to leave the farm that they have helped to planâ likewise slow to leave the home where their ideas are appreciated and their contentment encouraged. FARM PLANNING BY STATES. Movements have been under way several years in a number of States to promote better farm planning and farmstead building. It is argued that in these times of increased farm income the farmer should invest a good part of the increase in better buildings and V |f «"«â¢â > fy yw* sa. \ K* 261 M U. Fig. 1.âA 160-acre farm with farmstead, facing east. Note connection of cattle yard with large fields, and of hog yard with small fields. Fig. 2.âEight-acre farmstead, facing east : 1, house; 2, well ; 3, poultry house; 4, watering trough ; 5, main barn ; 6, machine shed; 7. hog house ;S, corn crib ; 9, granary. modern conveniences, which will increase the value of his labor and the comfort and welfare of the family. The 1914 Minnesota Farmers' Institute Annual is a farm home number, and in this number is shown a farmstead layout which is worth reproduction and is here given. This farmstead utilizes about 8 acres of a 160-acre farm. On our various irrigation projects this plan would need some revision to be suited to conditions, but it shows a convenient, attractive layout, which will give some ideas to those planning new farmsteads or changing existing Please note that these images are extracted from scanned
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