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A. J. STREETER, 



NEW WINDSOR, MERCER COUNTY. 



Stock Farm of Twenty-Five Hundred Acres — My Three Rules 

 — Valuable Herd of Short Horns — Best Stock the Cheap- 

 est — When to Sell. 



CROW FARM 



is situated two and one-lialf miles northwest of New Windsor, 

 in Mercer county. Commenced my farm in the Fall of 1855 

 by the purchase of two hundred and forty acres of prairie, in 

 the midst of a then open range. It was selected with a view 

 to building up a stock farm. While the range was good, I 

 bought cattle and herded them on the prairie, and usually sold 

 in the Fall to feeders. 



When it became evident that in a few years tlje range 

 would run short, because the settlers wanted to buy and 

 inclose the outside lands, then it was that the owner of Crow 

 Farm used every effort, and all of his available means to buy, 

 and add the surrounding land to the farm. This proved to be 

 a good investment. 



I often borrowed money, and never failed to meet my 

 payments. I adopted 



THREE RULES. 



First. Not to go in debt beyond the value of my personal 

 property, and to keep that property in cattle and hogs that 

 were being prepared for the market. 



Second: Sell only for cash. 



Third. Avoid dealing Avith unlucky men. The last rule 

 may seem simple, but its observance has saved me plenty of 

 money and trouble. j\Ien who make no money for themselves, 

 and are often in trouble, will make only trouble for those with 

 whom they deal. 



Crow Farm, which derives its name from a crow roost 



