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E. N. DARLING, La Verne, Rock County. — Discouragements 



— Descriptive — Planting and Harvesting — Hogs — Cattle 



— Horses — Poultry — Fruit, - - - - 552 



D. F. AKIN, Farmington, Dakota County. — Buildings — Stabling 

 and Feeding Stock — Horses — Cattle — Sheep — Hogs — 

 Bees — Fruit — Implements — Grain — Climate, - 557 



A. B. SWAINE, Elysian, Le Sueur County. — Corn — Oats — Su- 

 gar-cane — Cows and Calves — Hogs — Fruit — Profits — 

 Timber Farming, _ _ _ _ 566 



J. H. CUNNINGHAM, Hersey, Noble C^?/«(y.— Wind-break- 

 Stock — Sheep — Grain — Soil — Planting — Buildings, - 572 



G. W. BUFFUM, Owatonna, Steele County. — Dairy Farm — 

 Points for Good Dairy Cows — Yield of Milk — Feed — Pro- 

 ceeds — Wheat — Fruit — Machinery — Barn, - - 5 76 



P. L. SHARE, Rosemonty Dakota County. — Division of a 



Quarter Section — Fallowing and Manuring, - - 582 



JAMES T. VRlCYu, Eyota, Olmstead County.— Wxxcd Husbandry 



— Buildings — Fruit — Artificial Groves — Stock, - - 583 



NEBRASKA. 



CHARLES H. WALKER, Bloomingtofi, Franklin County.— 

 Timber Culture Act — Its Provisions — How Carried Out — 

 Congress Assists — Russian Furnaces, - _ _ 585 



ANDREW SULZMAN, Tecumseh, Johnson County. — ChccLp 



Out-Buildings — TimberCulture — Orchard — Corn and Stock 591 



WM. STOLLEY, Grand Island, Hall C^;/;z/y.— Forestry— Or- 

 chard and Vineyard — Stock — Hedges — Buildings, - 603 



M. B. STONE, Syracuse, Otoe County, — Corn — Grain — Herding 



— Cattle — Sheep — Fruit — Climate, _ _ _ 609 



DAVID BROWN, Everett, Dodge County. — Mode of Corn 



Growing — Wheat — Potatoes — Hogs, - - - 614 



N. R. PERSINGER, Central City, Merrick County. — Stock 

 and Fruit Farm — Cattle — Buildings — Model Racks — Feed- 

 ing — Profits, - - - - - -618 



ROBERT W. FURNAS, Broivnsville, Nemaha County. — Yx\x\\ 

 Farm — Old and New — Orchard — Plums — Pears — 

 Apricots — Grapes — Berries — Marketing, - - 622 



