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E. S. PHELPS, Aurora, Ha7niIto7i County. — Stock Farm — 

 Drainage — Fencing — Comfortable House — Stock Rais- 

 ing — Poultry — Wheat on New Land — Prairie Land 



— Plenty of Water, - - _ _ . 628 



S. G. SCHOONOVER, Carleton, Thayer County. — Soil of the 

 County — Building Stone — Implements Used — Wheat 

 Raising — Fruits — Timber, _ _ _ _ 632 



W. C. SMITH, Waco, K^r/^ C^««/y. — Stock — Wheat Raising 



— Corn — Berkshires and Poland China — Timber Culture. 634 



CLAUDIUS JONES, Seward, Seward County. — Model Barn, 636 



HIRAM RICE, Albion, Boone County. — Land of Promise — 

 Timber — Wheat Lands — Early Plowing — Cuts His Grain 

 Before Quite Ripe — Experience, _ _ _ 640 



GEORGE A. HOBSON, Beaver City, Furnas C^//«/y.— Fertile 

 Region — Limestone Abundant — Cost of Crops — Methods 

 of Planting — Short-Horns — Hogs — Bees — Poultry, - 645 



WISCONSIN. 



WILLIAM ROHN, Jackson, Washington County. — Mixed Hus- 

 bandry — Seventy Acres Undei- Cultivation — Thorough 

 Plowing — Rotation of Crops — Gross Receipts, - - 650 



B. S. HOXIE, Cooksville, Rock County. — Farm Buildings, - 654 



I. N. STONE, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County. — Strawberry 

 Culture — Transplanting — Cultivation — Gathering — Mar- 

 keting, ------- 657 



I. W. WOOD, Baraboo, Sauk County. — Clearing a Farm in the 



Woods, - - - - - - -661 



ELI STILSON, Oshkosh, Winnebago County .—^^x'mg Wheat- 

 Drainage — Fertilizers — Short-Horns — Sheep, - 666 



B. B. OLDS, Clinton, Rock County. — How to Handle and 



Where to Keep Apples — Fruit House, - - - 671 



GEORGE J. KELLOGG, Janesville, Rock C^?^«/y. — Fruit 



Growing and Fruit Marketing, - - - - 677 



JAMES W. TRESTRAIL, Seymour, La Fayette County. — Uog- 



Pen — Sheep Shed — Racks — Dairying, - - 684 



