3i0 MARSHALL COUNTY, KANSAS. 



J. L. HODGES, 



FEANKFOET, MARSHALL COUNTY. 



Sow to Plant and Trim Osage Hedge — How to Arrange a 

 Raw Prairie Farm — Winter Wheat Culture. 



I own a half section of land lying half a mile directly 

 north of the city of Frankfort. I took possession of the land 

 on the 6th day of June, 1872. It Avas raw upland prairie ; it 

 lies in the form of the diagram, all under cultivation except 

 the two forties on the creek, which are prairie grass aiid native 

 timber. 



HEDGE. 



I have hedge fence at every place seen on accompany- 

 ing drawing, planted four years ago last April. Plants were 

 pi^t out two years old and cultivated two years, then cut 

 <M to the ground, cultivated one year and then braided 

 close to the ground, and grown again one year. I then 

 cut them off two and and one-half feet from the ground and 

 laid the brush lengthwise of the fence. As far as I have fin- 

 ished it I have a fence that will stop pigs, chickens, or stock of 

 any kind. I intend to cut once more at four feet high, and 

 lay the brush the same, then let it grow for a windbreak, except 

 along the road ; there shall keep trimmed. 



ORCHARD. 



I have an apple orchard of three hundred trees planted 

 six years ago last Spring, two and tliree year old trees. They 

 have grown well. These bore some apples a year ago, but last 

 Summer they did not blossom. I have manured every year 

 and cultivated the orchard in corn ; it is now in Fall wheat 

 and looks nicely. I shall seed it with clover in March. 



BmLDINGS AND GROUNDS. 



I have a small plot of ground around my house, seeded to 



