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ELI UPTON, Morrison, WJiiteside Cotitity. — The Observations 

 of a Lifetime — Corn Culture — Smut — Black Leg and Foot 

 Rot — Dairying and the Feed for Milch Cows, - - 130 



V. P. RICHMOND, Moro, Madison Coimty. — Prairie Home 

 Farm — Mixed Husbandry — Pastures and Meadows — Grain 

 — Devon Cattle — Sheep — Essex Swine — Fruit — Poultry — 

 Drainage, - - - - - -i34 



EDWARD WHITTLETON, Barry, Pike County. — Wvn'itx 

 Wheat and Corn Culture — Rotation of Crops — Manure 

 Spread at All Seasons of the Year — Good Drainage — Hogs, 138 



C. C. BUEL, Rock Falls, Whiteside County.— How to Make 



Cheap Cow Stables, . _ - - - 142 



AMOS M. EBERSOL, Ottawa, LaSalle C^?/«/y.— Mixed Hus- 

 bandry — Stock and Grain — Value of Tree Planting — Bees 

 and Honey — Poultry — Tile Drainage, - - - 144 



C. W. ALLISON, Milledgeville, Carroll County. — Grain and 

 Stock Farm — How to Handle Barley — Corn Culture — Fall 

 Plowing Strongly Advised — Devons Recommended — Berk- 

 shires and Poland Chinas Crossed — Horses and Dairying, 151 



€. L. HOSTETTER, Mount Carroll, Carroll County.— 'S>\\on 

 Horns — Roots — Pasture — Pure Water — Good Shelter and 

 No Medicine the Best Preventive of Hog Cholera — Berk- 

 'Shire Hogs and Their Management — Fish Culture, - 154 



LORENZO D. WHITING, Tiskilwa, Bureau Cotmty.—'^ox- 

 ious Weeds — Canada Thistles — Quack Grass and White 

 Daisies — Urgent and Prompt Necessity for Their Extermi- 

 nation — How It Can Be Done — The Switch Gate — Stanch- 

 ions For Cows and Yard For Wintering Stallions, - 157 



H. A. COLLINS, Havana, Mason County. — Grain Farm — 

 Corn Culture — Planking the Ground Puts it in Fine Con- 

 dition — How to Gather and Where to Keep Seed Corn — 

 Cheap Open Ditch — Rye Plowed Under a Valuable Manure, 165 



W. W. THORNTON, Shelbyville, Shelby County.— The Redemp- 

 tion of an Old Neglected Farm — Treatment of Meadows 

 and Pasture Land — Large Crops of Wheat and Grass, - 170 



DANIEL W. SEDWICK, Suez, Mercer Cotitity .—Co?,t and 

 Manner of Raising Corn — Burns His Corn Stalks — Harrows 

 the Ground Thoroughly and Never Fails to Raise a Large 

 Crop — Meadows and Pastures — Sheep — Hogs — Tile Ditch- 

 ing and Its Cost Per Rod, - - - - 177 



A. C. HAMMOND, Warsaw, Hancock County^. — Orchard — 

 Ben Davis the Most Popular Apple — Pears — Cherries 

 — Plums — Grape Fever — Fruit and Vegetable Garden — 

 Value of Evergreens for Hedges — Hay Crop, - - 183 



