Show WELL PLANNED FARM one farmers idea of dividing one hundred and sixty acrea seeing ln the fanner recently plant for well arranged farms and deeming this a matter of sufficient importance for the consideration of our fellow farmers and our mutual assistance along this line I 1 submit the following diagram of a farm of acrea in 11 divisions two or ten one of 20 and three of 40 acrea each writes a correspondent of the indiana farmer the farm has a road on two sides and fronts the east the ten acres on which the buildings are located consist of six divisions no 1 dwelling and door yard 2 orchard 3 family garden 4 front bam lot 6 truck garden 6 barn lot with PUBLIC ROO aoe I 1 T 0 o h tei 1 1211 1 I 3 I 1 I 1 plat of farm ample room tor feed troughs and straw stacks allowing no stock loose in front lot 7 open wood pasture f J used for night pasture during the bummer for the work horses also handy for the cow 8 perman f ent pastures with come timber af t fording shade in summer and a wind break in winter noa 9 10 and 11 are u 40 acre fields for cultivation and will admit of the three years rota alon plan some of the good features r of this plan are these the larger fields avoid the great expense of much fence building and this Is quite an item at this time again from no 8 stock can be turned to any field on the with the need of a farm doing away lane or driving stock over cultivated fields getting from one to another which are very objectionable features to this plan object some one may account of lack of permanent paa on lure this can be easily managed by removing the fence between 8 and 10 back west to the middle of 10 then you have 40 acres and it still more Is wanted take this fence away and use it in making three equal dl visions out of 9 and 11 this elves 60 pasture of handy acres of permanent access to the bam and field aleo this diagram of a farm made out Is a true timbered forest it re of a heavily it to its pros quiren 30 ears to bring ent state of completion I 1 would add two or three pounds of white clover seed per acre for perma as it makes a thick nent bowings mo wings rich bottom writes W A ford of the massachusetts college 1 i J |