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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 — I Never 

 Grow More than Three Crops of Corn on the Same Crround 

 in Succession — I Trim Hedge Twice a Year. 



MEADER FARM 



proper comprises about 420 acres, parts of Sections 9 and 10, 

 of Town 13, situated in the southern part of Sangamon 

 County, Illinois. There are, however, as many . more acres 

 in several tracts, belonging to and operated in connection there- 

 with. This farm is, excepting a forty-acre timber lot, undulat- 

 ing prairie, with good natural advantages for draining. The 

 soil is a rich, black loam, and produces abundant crops of 

 every thing adapted to Central Illinois. 



NAME. 



I regard a farm name somewhat in the same light that I 

 do the trade-mark of a manufacturer. It excites a pride in 

 every thing connected with the place. It is an incentive to 

 establish and maintain an honorable reputation, and often, as 

 in this case, tends to perpetuate the work of the respected 

 dead. 



MY PRIDE. 



Hap-hazard farming will never succeed. Changes must 

 be made to suit the circumstances or surroundings. But plans 

 must be made and executed as in every other profession. The 

 pride of this farm is a herd of Holstein cattle, a flock of Cots- 

 wold sheep, and a herd of Berkshire swine, with the necessary 

 horses to perform the work. 



CATTLE. 



I aim to keep about seventy-five head, and as the number 

 of pure-bloods increases, the grades are sold off. I have about 



