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is designed for stock raising, being well supplied with 

 water from the heads of the Elm and Goose rivers, 

 and has at present 250 head of cattle, with some Dur- 

 ham stock, 2 bulls and 2 calves being of full blood, 

 and 70 head of Cottswold sheep, the ram shearing 22 

 pounds of washed wool. About 200 acres are in oats 

 and barley, with some wheat, and 600 to 800 tons of 

 hay are cut. 



J. L. Grandin is the principal owner of the 40,000 

 acre, or Grandin farm. At present there are on the 

 place three stations, or points where are located the 

 buildings necessary for the operations in their sec- 

 tions. Station One is located in the northeastern part 

 of the farm, about 250 yards distant from the river. 

 At this station are two dwellings, both of two stories 

 and good size ; one is painted white, being the resi- 

 dence of the farm superintendent and the foreman at 

 that section ; the other, painted brown, is fitted up 

 specially as a boarding house for the hands. There 

 are also two large barns, the general farm office, a 

 large building for the storage and care of the tools, 

 known as machinery hall, a steam feed mill, black- 

 smith shop, granary, vegetable storehouses, piggery, 

 sheds, etc., in all thirteen good, substantial, well 

 painted buildings, having the appearance, at a short 

 distance, of a considerable village. At this station 

 are two large wind mills, one near the superinten- 

 dent's residence, the otlier on the bank of the river, 

 about 300 yards distant, that forces water into a tank 

 at the station. On the bank of the river is a store- 

 house for the shipment of grain, with two cars to run 

 on a double wooden tramway, so arranged that the 



