The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-02-22
Roadways, Walks and Drives.


place. Without at least a walk to the
front door, or a smooth drive, one
appears inhospitable. While there is
no beauty in roadways and drives in
themselves, if well laid out in grace
full curves, just where they are need
ed, and well cared for, the variety
they afford and the air of comfort and
inviting hospitality they give to a
place, make them a very important
factor in all home landscape work.
There are many ways to approach
the house from the public road; utter
absence of any attempt at ornaments
ton in the way of tree-planting-
nothing save bare sides and straight
angles of buildings open to all winds
storms and sun-heat-or-the opposite
extreme, burying the house in a
dense shade of loneliness
Good farm roads are a necessity
they are easily started: a few stakes
where the center of the road is to
be-a plow-a Vscraper-the1 keep
the road up with the drag.
Right here, and before finishing this
para graph, I will call your attention
to the nuisance of stock running
loose. One of my neighbors planted
sone trees around his farm: a few
days later dozens of the trees were
ruined by two famished horses turn
ed loose on the public road. Gentle
men, We can not beautify our farms
as long as stock is allowed to run
loose: let us get together and fight
the nuisance
Fences are necessary abomina-
ton; the best fence is not beautiful
let us keep them up tight
and in good shape-they will not look
SO obnoxious.
Wells and Reservoirs.
How often this magnificent gift of
Nature to this especially favored part
of the world, is made an object Of
horror to the eye. An ugly piece of
pipe coming out of quagmire-dead
green water all around it-a breeding
place for mosquitoes-when an hour
of work, load of clean gravel, few
rocks or boulders, would make. it
thing of beauty. And that so-called
well-an object of envy from
the outside world-could assume the
beauty of living spring, or of the
most expensive fountain of bronze
Reservoirs: Make them tight, save
the water, spare your neighbors' land
but beside these material sugges-
tions-why should the reservoir be
a regulation square, a straight corner
ed affair? A curved line around the
reservoir would be easier built-less
affected by erosion or wind-more
beautiful, more easily beautified-a
lake of which every estate would be
proud. Here. again plant trees around
the reservoir-not all around
probably only on the side of prevail.
ing winds. Keep the views.
bitches.
A badly kept ditch is not an object
of beauty: but ditch straight or
curved, sides clean cut, with trees
here and there forming an arch of
verdure over it. is certainly a help
to our work.
Implements.
Have you ever noticed how attract
i've a display implements will make
in the windows of the hardware
stores? Why shouldn't they look as
we'll on our farms-in their natural
place and position? That's where
they belong-you have the trees to
frame them by-put them together if
you have no shed to cover them
line them up when not in use-keep
them together-their gay coiors will
add to the scenery. Love of order
about the farm, as well as about the
home, and beauty and thrift go hand
in hand.
Lawn, Flowers, Shrubs and Trees.
The growing of plants and flowers.
shrubs and trees, the play of selec-
ton, mbinatiol and application.
form one of the most pleasurable of
rich in resulting beauty
happiness and healthfu1ness.
The dominant object of our work
should be to enhance home surround
ings. and this object is attractively
accomplished by composing into
pleasing effect, lawns, flowers, shrubs
and trees of all kinds. Each man
has an ideal of home; it is rarely
what a neighbor has done in such
matters. good piece of lawn, well
kept, is a necessity; we have our
choice. Bermuda grass is too danger
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