The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-08-28
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Hints ON MAKING rNFMeFb AOMcb 49,
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l.. III. Bailey of the Michigan Agri-
cultural COLLEGE advances some good
ideas in the Philadelphia Press cor
corning the establishment Of farm
steads. lie says: That ornament does
not pay is a common notion among
farmers, and it is a correct one ii the
result is measured by immediate re
turn in dollars and cents. Ifamanre-
CARDS an increase in the value Of his
real estate as profe, however, there
are few OUTLAWS which will bring sucll
returns as judicious ornamenting. IL
is fully as Important to s.put the bess
side OUT in transfer OF real estate as
in transfers of horses of fruits. En-
bellishment is worth more IN rendering
a farm attractive than is a line har-
ness in showing off a horse, from the
fac5 that the establishment is part
and parcel of the farm itself. Every
one has observed the superior readi-
ness with which lastly ornamented
farms sell. The differences In market
value between such farms and
similar ones which possess no 0rna-
ments, often amount to % or even
so per cent of what may be termed
the intrinsic values. Even If
expects to sell his farm, judicious em-
bellishment is a source OF profit as an
advertisement of the c~ner and his
crops. Many of the most successful
fruitgrowers and stockmen understand
this fact. Advertising is as profitable
in farming as other pursuits, and
farmers ought to know it. A beautI-
full place at once attracts notice; pe0-
pie become Interested III it. Fruit
from such a place is usually more
priced than from shiftless farms.
The idea that the simple planting OF
trees and shrubs comprises the whole
of rural establishment is another COM
mon fallacy. The effective planting OF
home grounds requires q higher art
than simple good taste. Landscape
gardening is as truly d fine art as is
painting or architecture. Few people
have a genius for this work, and it is
not to DE expected that Sv5Ty;f ss.aaes
will lay out his grounds In the best
taste. But he should realize the fact
that planting requires thought and
study, and he should know that the
~haphazard planting of trees in bis
door-yard is not necessarily ornamen-
tai or useful. To give full instruction
on this point would be to write a trea-
tise on landscape art. 1t will suffice
20 name some commonerrors.
Building too near the road is the
first and worst. There is too much g!
a disposition to s'saye land" for corr
and potatoes. This economy is often
s~hort-sighted. 1t is like storing the
cob and throwing away the corn. 4
farmhouse cannot present a good APP
pearance unless it stands four or five
rods or more back from the road.
Such a situation is alsoa matter OF
great convenience in escaping DUE and
noise and publicity.
The disposition to make everything
straight is almost universal. Straight
walks and drives and straight rows 81
trees are " seen in nature, and
they are entirely out of place in the
farmers yard. This formal orgeomet-
ric style demands close attention to
all its details. The walks, drives,
lawns, trees and buildings must always
be in the most perfect order. A ne
| elected corner or ill-shaped tree at
once Jars with all its surroundings.
In the natural or informal style, how.
ever, irregularities often highten the
effect. Much less labor and expense
are required to keep all its parts IN
harmony.
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