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Title: The school and farm. A treatise on the elements of agriculture
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Eggert, Charles Agugustus, 1853- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Agriculture
Publisher: Chicago, W. M. Welch & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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hey should be plantedirregularly, in groups of three to five, and so that eachtree has a chance to develop fully at least on two of itssides. All regularity in planting should be avoided.The trees to be selected are in the order of their orna-mental and other values: The sugar maple, the whitemaple, the white ash, the box elder or ashleaved maple,the cut-leaved birch, and where the ground is inclinedto be moist, and there is no lack of space, the Americanelm. There is no finer tree than the latter, but it willnot do well on very dry soil where the maples flourish.The great feature of the front part of the yardshould be the lazvn. Do not spoil the effect by dottingit alj over with shrubbery. A few flowerbeds cut frorn 244 RURAL SCENERY. the sod will look well, if the weeds are kept out andthe flowers frequently picked before they are past theirprime. But shrubbery belongs to the rear and sides.It may surround the whole yard almost like a hedge,but should not intrude on the lawn proper.
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A Country RoacJ, THE ELEMENT OF BEAUTY IN FARM LIFE. 245 Provide for what has been called the blind side ofthe farm buildings. It is easy to devise some plantingwhich hides all objectionable features and gives theeffect of privacy. No special directions are neededand none would cover all cases. The essential thing isa good working plan so that all desirable features of ahome may be added from year to year. First thenecessary, afterwards the desirable; but a plan is agood thing and can be worked out in the many hoursof enforced leisure which every farmer has, especiallyin the winter. What has been said here about ornamenting thehome grounds may be readily applied to the schoolhouse and its yard. Plenty of trees on the west andnorth; shade trees wherever needed; shrubbery in therear and to hide outhouses; a flower bed or two infront which the children should keep in order, and,where such a thing is possible, a good lawn for aplay ground. Where the school is large, grass can-not be expec

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