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wood for some years, but am now convinced that if it is not 

 wasted, it will grow so fast that a few acres will supply an 

 ordinary farm with all that is needed in this line. I have only 

 twenty-five acres, and have much more on the ground now than 

 I had forty years ago. 



Our timber consists of hickory, black walnut, black oak, 

 red oak, white oak, burr oak, basswood, pin oak, cedar, arbor 

 vitae, hackberry, butternut, white and red elm, dogwood, pine, 

 sycamore, cotton wood, etc. The black walnut is rapid of 

 growth, hardy, and vigorous. I have many trees of the latter 

 variety, from seeds planted by myself — bearing fruit for years, 

 and which are now large enough to make ten or a dozen posts. 

 My advice to every man who owns a farm is : 



PLANT TREES AND SEEDS, AND KEEP PLANTING. 



It is an easy matter to chop down a tree some one else has 

 planted, not so easy to fell one jou have yourself planted and 

 nursed for years from a tiny shoot that a dew-drop would bend 

 to a giant that defies the storm. 



MIXED HUSBANDRY. 



I have not made a specialty of any one branch of farm 

 produce, but have devoted my time to what is called mixed 

 husbandr3\ This has been the case with most of the farmers 

 of the county. From this stand-point, I give my experience. 

 Producing pork was a remunerative business until the disease, 

 known as the "cholera" made its appearance, sweeping off the 

 hogs by the score, and sadly disappointing the hopes of a large 

 majority of farmers. During the last year comparatively few 

 have indulged in this branch, and consequently few hogs have 

 died with the disease. 



We feed a few cattle for the Chicago market, but the 

 greatest share of the corn is carried to market. 



I have carefully computed the cost of grains produced. 



COST AND CULTURE OF CORN. 



Corn in the crib costs 29 cts., 3 cts. of this for harvesting. 



