Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1871 — Position of Farm Buildings. [ARTICLE]

Position of Farm Buildings.

There is far too much attention given to the points of the compass in placing of farm buildings. If the roads run north and south every building on the place is very likely to be placed facing due east or west without regard to the formation of the land or surroundings. In fact most of our country homes have a stiffness or monotonous appearance which might be avoided if due care was given to the proper arrangement of out-buildings. It is very much like making curves in walks when there is no reason for deviating from a straight line, which should never be done. If there is no obstacle in the way which we seemingly avoid in making a curve, one should be created, and the same principle should be carried out in the placement of farm buildings. Avoid all stiff formality, and if the position of the ground or convenience affords an opportunity for placing different buildings at different angles to the road, by all means avail yourself of it, and thereby give a varied and picturesque appearance to the place. If the grounds are level, without an undulating surface, then trees may be introduced as seeming obstacles against putting every building at the same a ngle. A little study and forethought in these matters will enable the most casual observer to so arrange and place his buildings that the monotonous appearance will be entirely Avoided. —Rural New Yorker. -