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(ligging from fourteen to seventeen feet. The former owner of 

 the farm had rented it for years, consequently when it came 

 into the possession of the present proprietor it contained a few 

 of the okl buildings erected in the early settlement of the 

 county. These Avere removed before erecting such as seemed 

 necessary for my convenience. I commenced improvements- 

 five years ago, and the place now presents quite the appearance 

 of a village. The house building is a cottage containing just 

 room enough for use, with none to spare for damps and shadows^ 

 The two rooms in front are connected with an arch, and are 

 occupied by the family as sitting-room, library, parlor, etc^ 

 Next is a pleasant little hall, and across it a bedroom. Extend- 

 ing back from these, are the dining-room, kitchen, pantry, and 

 cistern room. The latter is a small room, opening from the 

 kitchen, and contains a sink, etc. Still further back is the 

 laundry, and next to that the creamery, where the milk of 

 twenty-five graded and thorough-bred Short Horn cows is 

 manufactured into fancy butter, for which the highest market 

 price is received. The basement has a furnace-room, a cellar 

 for vegetables, and a storeroom. Both the house and barn are 

 lighted with gas manufactured on the premises. 



The barn is situated conveniently near, and contains three 

 stories. The upper one is devoted to hay, which is put in with 

 a patent fork. The middle story contains horse stables, carriage 

 room, and bedroom in which a man usually sleeps. The base- 

 ment is for the accommodation of the dairy cows, and the 

 calves, which are raised by feeding skim milk with flaxmeal 

 and grain. By this means I have been able to turn off each 

 year a carload of fine two year old grade steers, besides keeping 

 the dairy supplied with heifers. A fine thoroughbred Short 

 Horn bull is kept for the purpose of improving the grade and 

 raising thorough-breds. A few horses are bred on the farm, 

 mostly of the class intended for carriage horses, and show good 

 results. 



The number of horses and cattle kept are about one hun- 

 dred. Most of tliem are young stock, as they are considered 

 more profitable than to feed older ones. 



