112 PULASKI COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 



power, with exception of one good hoeing. They are dug be- 

 fore frost and stored in the sweet potato house, and marketed 

 in Chicago during the Winter months. The average yield is 

 150 bushels to the acre, with an average of $1.00 per bushel 

 net profit. The crop is a profitable one and sure, as they re- 

 quire dry weather, which we generally have in the latter part 

 of the Summer. 



The meadows and pastures furnish all the feed for 

 the stock kept on the farm, except the grain which is 

 bought in the Fall of the year. The stock consists of one span 

 of good working mules, one carriage horse, two cows and five 

 or six pigs. 



The farm implements are the best of their kind, but there 

 is no expensive machinery used, as there is no need of it. All 

 the tools, implements and stock are provided with good shelter. 

 Twelve years ago this place was a dense forest. Since that 

 time I have cleared it of nearly all the stumps. 



The farm is well fenced with rails, with the exception 

 of the fence along the county road, which is board. Complete 

 accounts are kept of all expenditures and receipts, the labor 

 put upon every crop and the income from the same. 



Since I bought this place it has paid for all the improve- 

 ments put upon it, and for the last three years it has paid a net 

 income of 10 per cent, of $10,000, after the taxes and all other 

 necessary expenses have been paid. 



This is a fair profit on indestructible property which is 

 all the time improving. 



