WATER — THE SOIL 236 



to supply the demands of the farm, and occasionally sell a 

 team ; and my buildings are all good, and well located. 



THE "WATER 



for my entire stock is raised from an inexhaustible well, by a 

 wind-mill, into a tank built of stone on an elevated piece of 

 ground and with a capacity of seven hundred barrels. By 

 means of iron pipes it is conducted to my barnyards, hog-house, 

 and two pasture fields that corner near the well, also into ray 

 house aud creamery — all of which is protected from freezing. 



J. M GALE, 



BRISTOL, KENDALL COUNTY. 



The Soil — Construction of the House — Boss Churn — How to Con- 

 struct Barn Frames — Dirt Floors — Methods of Wheats Corn 

 and Potato Culture — Management of Hogs and Cattle — Cost 

 and Prices of Farm Productions. 



The farm on which I live contains about 100 acres of land, 

 located on the middle of Sec. 28, T. 37, N. R. 7, east of the 3d 

 P. M. It lies between the Fox river on the east, and Black- 

 berry creek on the west, commanding a fine view for miles 

 around, — the villages of Yorkville and Bristol near by, the 

 Kendall CouDty court-house to the soutliwest, and to the 

 northeast twelve miles away the city of Aurora. 



THE SOIL 



is dark loam, with clay subsoil to the depth of four to six 

 feet, below which, through sand and gravel, is water, at 12 

 to 25 feet from tlie surface. The water is the purest of lime- 

 stone, cold enough for any person or beast to drink wlien 

 fresh drawn. The farm has been in cultivation since 1836-38 

 and 40, without much attention being given to keeping it up, 

 till within a very few years past. I am now recuperating it as 

 fast as possible with red clover and timothy for pasture and 



