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them in turn. It will also be found useful for bitting and hand- 

 ling wild colts, and for other and all uses where an enclosure 

 is needed so safe and sure as to be free from all feeling of 

 insecurity. 



The cost of this yard complete as described was substan- 

 tially as follows : 



2,700 feet lumber for enclosure and stable at 



$16. per m. - - - - - $43 20 



260 feet lumber for gate at $16. per m. 



Hinges, wheel and catch for gate - 



27 posts at 25 cts. - - - - 



Nails and spikes - - - - 



Labor ------ 



Total cost $70 11 



H. A. COLLINS, 



HAVANA, MASON COUNTY. 



A G-rain Farm — Corn Culture — Planking the Ground Puts it 

 in Fine Condition — How to Save and Where to Keep Seed 

 Corn — A Cheap Open Ditch — Rye Plowed Under a Valu- 

 able Manure. 



I raise nothing but grain. The soil is a rich, black loam, 

 with a hard-pan from four to six feet below the surface. My 

 farm is situated nine miles southeast of Havana, Mason county, 

 on ''Bull's Eye Prairie." The climate is excellent. This 

 prairie is so situated that we are not as liable to early frosts as 

 many other localities. It is sheltered on the north by high 

 sand hills, and on the west by wood land. The prevalent 

 winds are northwest. I have large, commodious outbuildings 

 on the farm, which make a warm barnyard for stock. 

 My horses are of the Morgan and Black Hawk breed, both 

 being easily kept, and free from disease, besides being good and 

 true pullers. I give the horses a mixed feed, sometimes corn 

 or oats alone, or corn and oats ground, or else oats and bran ; 



