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I. C. CURRIER, Salix, Woodbury County. — Opening of a 

 Stock Farm — Cost of First Breaking and the First Crop — 

 How to Feed Cattle — Profit of Sheep — Hogs, - - 4^7 



E. T. BROCKWAY, Ainsworth, Washt?igton Coztfity .—l.z.x\d- 

 scape Gardening — Hedges, Evergreens — Fine Stock Hogs 

 and Their Management — Artichokes — Hay Stacker, - 430 



BENJAMIN LEVAN, Guthrie Center, Guthrie County.— Or- 

 chards — Manures — Black Walnut and Cottonwood Fence 

 — Small Grain— Corn — Herefords — Raising Calves — Hogs, 439 



A. FAILER, Kellogg, Jasper C^w/^/y. — Short-Horns — Breed 

 Nothing but the Best Stock — Management of Hogs 



— Breeding — Weaning — Pens and Feeding Cribs — Arti- 

 chokes, _-_-.-- 443 



W. H. PALMER, Waterloo, Black Hawk Coujity.—^he^.i— 

 Oats — Clover — Corn — Cattle — Hogs — Sheep — Pasture and 

 Meadows — Manures — Fences — Hedges — Groves — Orchard 



— Farm Buildings — Hay Stacker — Drainage, - - 449 



GEORGE W. SHAW, Garden Grove, Decatur County.—' 

 Fruit Farm That has Paid Ten Per Cent. Interest on the 

 Investment — Planting and Pruning Pear Orchard — Cherries 

 — Currants — Grapes, ----- 464 



JAMES D. ADAMS, Alta, Buena Vista County— Fine Stock 

 County — Plenty of Range — Herd Law— Oats, Corn, Wheat, 

 Flax and Clover, _ - _ - - 470 



SAMUEL REED, Algona, Kossuth Cc^^/z/y.— Corn— Farming 



Implements — Cattle — Hogs — Fruit, _ - - 475 



W. H. WIDNEY, C/drrzWa, T'^/C^ C<?a///y.— Location — Descrip- 

 tion — Horses — Cattle — Hogs — Plans — Hedges, - - 4S0 



W. H. FITCH, Jackson, Calhoun C^^w/y.— Description of Farm 



— Stock — Cattle — Hogs, _ _ - - 484 



GEORGE W. BANISTER, Cherokee, Cherokee County. — His- 

 torical — Descriptive — Improvements — Methods — Stock 



— Grain, - - - - - - 486 



J. SIDDONS, Troy, Davis County. — Yxo^\.?> Largely Derived 

 From Corn — Rotation of Crops — Grass, Shade and Water 

 Essential to Successful Hog-Raising— How and When to 

 to Make Hay — Management and Care of Sheep, - 491 



