Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . sizeplanted with a lim-ited number of orna-mental trees andshrubs artisticallygrouped with plentyof open space for aircirculation and goodviews, is desirable. Arrangement ofOrchard, Garden andLots.—The orchardmay serve for fruitsupply, ornamentalfeatures and wind pro-tection. Its positionneed not necessarilybe especially near thehouse. Often, how-ever, it will be foundadvantageous to util-ize it as runs forpoultry, or as pas-ture for pigs, calvesand lambs. Thesefeatures should beco
Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . sizeplanted with a lim-ited number of orna-mental trees andshrubs artisticallygrouped with plentyof open space for aircirculation and goodviews, is desirable. Arrangement ofOrchard, Garden andLots.—The orchardmay serve for fruitsupply, ornamentalfeatures and wind pro-tection. Its positionneed not necessarilybe especially near thehouse. Often, how-ever, it will be foundadvantageous to util-ize it as runs forpoultry, or as pas-ture for pigs, calvesand lambs. Thesefeatures should beconsidered in connec-tion with its locationand relation to thebuildings. It is more impor-tant to have the gar-den easy of access, andit may lie in any direction from the house so long as it is not broughtconspicuously to the front. Vegetable gardens at certain seasons are, as arule, weedy and more or less unsightly, and should, therefore, be kept inthe background. The position and size of the paddocks or feedlots will be determined 1 Courtesy of Lyons & Carnahan, Chicago. From Farm Management, by HIGH WAV The Farmstead Rearranged for Buildings moved and more closely grouped. 1—Farm-house. 2-—Poultry-house. 3—Hog-house. 4—Horse-barn. 5—Smoke-house. 6—Milk and well-house. 7—Corn-crib. 8—-Machine-shed. 9—Ice-house. 10—Cow-barn. 11—Silo. 12—Hog-shed. 13—Feeding-floor. Indoing the same chores described under previous illustra-tion on page 845, only a little over 30 miles need be trav-eled, and but days would be required. The water ispiped to the hog-house and barns, greatly reducing thelabor. The feeding-floor joins the corn-crib and hog-house, and the machine-shed is only 30 feet distant fromthe barn. PLANNING FARM AND FARMSTEAD 847 by the class of stock that is to use them, the position of the buildings andthe drainage of the land. Sheltered lots that drain away from the buildingsare to be preferred. One-half acre to an acre in exte
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