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FULTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 



transporting and marketing of produce to and from all parts; 

 and being situated adjacent to Peoria, we have already a market 

 almost equal to Chicago or St. Louis. The great advantages 

 of its location in regard to market facilities can readily be seen, 

 lying midway between Chicago and St. Louis, two hundred 

 miles from either. 



DRAINAGE. 

 The subject of drainage is becoming a matter of great im- 

 portance to the farmers of this county. Some favor tile drains 

 put down three feet deep. The average price per rod, using 

 from two to seven inch tile, is about seventy-five cents. The 

 difference in the cost of an open drain of the same depth is just 

 about the cost of the tile ; but the advantage of the tile over 

 the open drain is certainly greatly in favor of the tile, as the 

 convenience of crossing, and the amount of land reclaimed for 

 cultivation by using the tile in two years, and often in one year 

 alone, will save the cost of the tiles. At least such is the 

 universal opinion of those who have had much experience in 

 tl\e matter of drainage. No greater proof of this is needed 

 than the fact that there is hardly a farm in this vicinity but has 

 at least fifty rods of tile drain now in operation. Tile drains 

 are fast superseding open drains here. 



PLAN OF MY BARN. 



Plan of barn 32x52 feet, 18 foot posts. The barn has a 

 brick foundation, with ventilator 6x8, and a shingle roof : 



A — Drive way. B B — Main stable, 14 feet. C — Cow stable, 12 feet. 

 d d— Granaries. E — Alley, 4 feet wide. Eight feet from floor to hay loft; tight 

 floors over stables and granaries. 



