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We have terraced about live acres and expect to terrace more. We 

 have removed quantities of loose stone at odd times and have added 

 fully ten acres to the cultivated land by clearing out brush, cover- 

 ing ditches, draining small wet spots and removing useless fences. 



Buildings and Fencing. — Good woven wire fences have been put 

 up where needed and a few outhouses built of rough timber as well 

 as repairing a couple of tenant houses. We have expended in this 

 about five hundred dollars. 



In 1909 a dwelling was built for the Superintendent at a cost of 

 $3,500. This building is substantial, roomy and convenient, con- 

 structed of first-class material, roofed with slate and finished through- 

 out in keeping with the ideas of taste and comfort of a modern farm 

 home. 



Figure 4 — Residence on Buncombe farm. 



A gravity system of waterworks has been installed at a cost of 

 about $150. The water is conveyed from a spring 1,800 feet dis- 

 tant to the house through 1-inch galvanized iron pipe. The supply 

 is sufficient for domestic use, and for watering stock, with a surplus 

 which can be used for irrigating garden and other small areas. We 

 have done considerable work also in grading a good-sized lawn, as 

 well as grading and straightening the roads passing through the 

 farm, which has added much to the looks of the place. 



Experiments. — The experimental work has been along substan- 

 tially the same lines for the three years. Soil and crop requirements 

 with fertilizers, variety tests of corn, wheat, oats and potatoes, cul- 



