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JAMES ANDERSON and HENRY K. SMITH, Magnolia, 

 Putnam County. — Hog Farm and Hog House — Never Had 

 Hog Cholera ! Why ? Soap Suds Freely Used in Swill 

 — Clover and Oats both Valuable and Superior Feed — 

 Much Pleased with Artichokes, - - - 39 



MARK L. HUGHS, Olmstead, Pulaski C^a«/y.— Winter Wheat 



Farm — Durham Cattle — Sheep and Hogs, - - 42 



J. H. OAKWOOD, Catlin, Ver??iillion County. — Handles Thor- 

 ough Bred Horses, Short-Horns, High Grade Berkshire 

 Hogs and Cotswold Sheep — No Dogs — The Orchard a 

 Sacred Spot — Pole Drains, - - - - ^5 



THOMAS A. POTTINGER, Peru, LaSalle County. — Sold 

 Whenever a Crop was Fit for Market — Believes in Good 

 Shelter for Stock— The Windmill an Absolute Necessity — 

 Tile Drainage the Best Investment a Farmer Can Make — 

 Cheap Plan for Laying Tile — A Fortune and a Happy Home, 49 



G. W. MINIER, Minier, Tazewell County. — A Good Farmer — 

 Happy and Prosperous — Tree Planting — Orchards — Vine- 

 yard — Farm Teams — Mules the 'Best for All Work — Fowls 

 — Drainage — Farm Buildings — Mixed Husbandry — Man- 

 agement of Stock — Dairying — Land — Sheep the Most 

 Profitable, - - - - - -55 



GEORGE P. WEBER, Pawnee, Sangamon County. — Methods 

 of Mixed Husbandry — Reasons for Naming a Farm — System 

 — Holstein Cattle — Cotswold Sheep — Berkshire Swine — 

 Horses — Firm Believer in Rotation of Crops — Never 

 Grows More than Three Crops of Corn on the Same Ground 

 in Succession — Trims Hedge Twice a Year, - - 63 



E. A. GILLER, Whitehall, Greene County .—YXo^'mg "Haw" 

 Made a Pond of It — Plowing "Gee" and Tile Draining 

 Have Made it one of the Most Profitable Farms in the 

 State — How to Tile a Farm, - - - - 66 



H. W. DAVIS, Decatur, Macon County. — Mixed Husbandry — 

 Tiling Working Out the Road Problem — Feed on the 

 Farm all the Grass Grown — No Cure for Hog Cholera, But 

 a Big Preventive, - - - - - 72 



NOAH WEBSTER, Bible Grove, Clay County .—'S>\.oz\i Raising 

 — Methods of Growing Winter Wheat — When to Plow 

 and to Sow — Clean Seed — Force Drill — Good Open 

 Drains — Spreads Manure — Good Crops and Fair Profits 

 the Results — Never Sow Grass Seed When there is Snow 

 on the Ground — Horses, Hogs and Sheep, - - 78 



