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A ten-room two-story dwelling house for the Superintendent was 

 erected at a cost of $1,G58, including plumbing and waterworks. 



Figure 3 — Cattle and Feeding Barn and Silo. 



Well, Wind Mill, Water Tank. — A driven well, 2 inches in diam- 

 eter and 138| feet deep, was put down at a cost, including pump, 

 of $125. An unused wind mill was obtained from a party in the 

 town of Statesville and removed and erected at a cost of $41. A 

 3,000-gallon galvanized iron tank was erected on a wooden frame- 

 work at a cost of $53. The well furnished an abundant supply oi 

 water for the house and work stock but not enough for the cattle 

 during the winter when steers were being fed. Some trouble wag 

 had from sand getting into the well. To provide a storage basin 

 for additional water a well was dug around the 2-inch pipe 34 feet 

 deep and cased with 18-inch terra cotta, which was cemented at 

 the joints. Holes were drilled in the 2-inch pipe to allow the 

 water from the deep well to enter the larger one. The water rose 

 sufficiently high in this latter to make about 3,000 gallons. The 

 cost of the larger well and the terra cotta was $60, making the total 

 cost of wells, wind mill and tank $304. This well now furnishes 

 an abundant supply of water for all farm purposes. 



Orchards. — A 5-acre pear orchard was put out in the fall at a 

 cost of $30 per acre. The four leading varieties, Kieffer, Le Conte. 

 Bartlett and Duchesse, were planted. The trees were well cultivated, 

 manured and mulched for three years ; the ' land was then sown to 

 red-top, blue grass and white clover to make a permanent sod and 

 reduce the rate of growth, the idea being, based on observations made 

 elsewhere, that pear trees growing slowly in sod land were not sub- 

 ject to the blight as they are when cultivated and fertilized. The 



