St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-04-15
FARMER ANDPLANTER.
THE FARM HON
Il Requires Moro Than Simply . Well.
Built House to Make . Real
Farmers Home.

i DNShOAS ia anu toNHS "hCAV
land is sold by the foot and is very
expensive have good reason for set
ting their houses close to the street,
but why people who own farm
should persist in doing much the same
thing is inexplicable. \ generous lawn,
with trees, shrubs and flowers, is as
| important feature of the farm home
| as the house itself. and the farmer
who considers land wasted that is re-
served for beautifying the premises is
making great mistake. 1t no only
| sdds to the attractiveness of a place,
but increases the value of the property
as well.
1t is impossible TO create an ideal
| country home when all the thought
is given to building The finest house
in the neighborhood. \ modern house
with balconies and dormers, bay-win-
| 6ows, verandas and towers built close
tc the street. with no setting of green
lawn and shade trees. is not an attrac.
tive object, and if no attention is paid
tc putting the house where these bal
comics. bay-windows, etc, will COM
mand pleasant views. they seem to be
out of place. The house may have a.!
modern convepiences and be filled
with elegant furniture. but if it's sur
roundings are bleak. .lesolate and un-
inviting it lacks an essential element
of the ideal farm home.
The barns and other farm buildings
shoult be put at a reasonable distance
from the house and he built with an
eye to beauty as well as utility. Let
them be kept neat and attractive SD
that they will add to instead of detract
from TIE general appearance of the
place. As one approaches a place for.
the first sine let his first impressions
he favorable by beauty and comfort
being seen on every side. IL there mus:
needs he come unsightiy places or
buildings, screen them from view rs
much as possible by planting hedge
of some evergreen, which in four or
five years will grow to make "a screen
Of living gcc.n.
With the house at q proper distance
from the road it will be necessary to
have driveway from the road to the
house. Let it te laid out in graceful
curve, and, if possible, let is pass near
yeranda, wher roof may extend
over it SO that one may step from a
carriage to the scranda without being
exposed in stormy weather. 1t is a
good plan to have a ring in one post
here SO that a horse may he hitched
for little while If necessary. There
should also be hitchIng-post farther
from the house, with a tree near 10
there.
Every farmers home should no.
only be comfortable, but beautiful:
not necessarily costly and elegant. but
al least adorned from Natures store
house. We shall not go rar astray when
seeking to beautify and hide unsigh.-
" objec.s with blooming flowers.
clinging moss or trailing vine. AS sure
ly as "A person is known by the com
pany he keeps" SO it is that the home
aud its surroundings serve as index Of
the mind and heart of the occupant.
browning. the great American land
scape gardener. said: $50 long as men
are forced to live in log huts and fol-
low hunters life we must not be sur
prised at lynch law and the use of the
bowie-knife: but when smiling lawns
and tasteful cottages Begin to I've es
tablished we know that order and
culture are established"
GoetLe's sentiments: ave should do
cur utmost to encourage the beautiful.
for the useful encourages itself"
should be kept in our minds. T.ie
beauty of home is not one for orc
family of one generation. II exerts an
influence over all who are in sight o:
il, and the lives of children and chill
dren's children are tempered by il. No
laan can compute its value. 1t has been
we'll said, Beauty is the expression of
the Divine in nature. The vegetable,
creation is the rich altar-cloth of the
temple of God. i'm which the recogni-
tion OF beauty and sublImity of form
constitutes the worship. -Maidl
Mel, in Farm and Fireside.