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of about twenty highbred mares and horses. At the 

 time of our visit an artist was engaged in sketching 

 the stock for the purpose of publishing an illustrated 

 catalogue. There is but a small amount of fencing 

 on the place, the law in Minnesota, as in most of 

 Kansas, allowing the fence question to be decided by 

 the various districts. 



About three miles to the south of Mr. Barden's 

 place is the farm of Messrs. Thompson & Shumrnier, 

 of 1,300 acres, with 300 acres in wheat. On the place 

 is a fine two story double house, of wood, occupied by 

 the proprietors. They are young men without fami- 

 lies, and sons of well known capitalists in St. Paul. 

 There is also a fine barn and other improvements pro- 

 jected. The place is well stocked, and has a small 

 number of sheep. A good part of the work is done 

 by the proprietors, assisted by other labor in the most 

 busy seasons. 



We next visited the farm of Thompson & Kendall, 

 about eight miles west of Windom, and were received 

 by Mr. Kendall. The farm contains 4,400 acres, of 

 which 1,600 are in wheat, 245 in oats, 265 in barley, 

 235 in flax, 150 in buckwheat, 40 in turnips, and 40 

 in sundries : total, 2,575 acres. On the place is a 

 neat one story white cottage house, the residence of 

 Mr. Kendall and family ; also, a large two story 

 wooden house for boarding the farm hands, offices, 

 etc. ; two large bams ; ice house with ninety tons of 

 ice ; four tenement houses of one story, on portions 

 of the farm that have been leased on shares, which will 

 be discontinued so soon as the leases are out ; a com 

 crib, twonty by one hundred feet, with piggery under- 



