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PETER R. PARSELL, Jerseyville, Jersey County. — Success- 

 ful Farmer — All Stock Fed on the same Principle — Ready 

 for Market the same time — Valuable Suggestions — How to 

 Breed Horses and Mules — How to Make an Osage Fence 

 — Winter Wheat and Corn Culture — Dairy — Management 

 of Short Horns, ------ 82 



AARON BUNN, Clay City, Clay County.— Corn Culture— Shelter 

 for Stock — Self Feeder — Profits come in Regularly — Hogs 

 — Never Sells any Corn — Wheat Culture — Tame Grasses 

 and their Management, - - - - - 89 



A. G. CALDWELL, Island Grove, Jasper County. — Stock 

 Farm — Most Successful With Grade Cattle — Corn — Wheat 

 — Fruit — Fish — Thorough Systematic Under Drainage only 

 Needed for the Full Development of Jasper County, - 95 



C. CROUCH, Belle Prairie, Hamilton County — Pioneer Farm- 

 ing in 1821 — Bear and Deer in Abundance — Panthers and 

 Wildcats — The County now One Vast Winter Wheat Field, 95 



SAMUEL PRESTON, Mou7tt Carroll, Carroll County.— Vxqs- 

 ton Prairie Settlement — The " Grout " House — Cost of 

 Raising Grain — Uses Cistern Water for Horses — Sheep 

 Special Favorites — Management of the Flock — Artificial 

 Fish Culture — Orchards — No Big Farms, but Big Farming 

 — A Beautiful Country, ----- 100 



GEORGE W. ENDICOTT, Villa Ridge, Pulaski County.— 

 Apple Orchard — Trees Thoroughly Cultivated Five or Six 

 Years — Pear Orchard Planted on Level Ground the Best — 

 Crop Sure and Profitable — The Vineyard — The Main Vine 

 Should Grow Free — Cultivate Thorough but Shallow — 

 Whitewash a Great Help to the Vines — Strawberries — 

 Plants Set in Squares — Worked by Horse Power — Peach 

 Orchard — Fruit Gathered by Hand — Sweet Potatoes — 

 Farm Implements — Result — Fair Profit on an Improving 

 Property, - - - - - - 106 



SAMUEL DYSART, Franklin Grove, Lee County.— Mole Drains 

 Not Durable — Forestry — Soil and Grasses — Mixed Hus- 

 bandry — Sowing Salt on Wheat Land Highly Recom- 

 mended — Rotation of Crops — Manner of Seeding Grass 

 Lands — Gray Willow Hedges — Orchards — Home — Live 

 Stock — High Feeding, - = - - - 113. 



SAMUEL T. K. PRIME, Dwight, Livingston County .—'^oxixe 

 of My Methods — Management of Hogs — A Small li'lock of 

 Sheep and Their Profit — What Tiling Has Done, - 123, 



