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plenty of good wholesome food, such as oats and clear wild 

 hay, but pasture is better. After the mare has had her colt, give 

 lier a week or ten days' rest, Avhen she may be put to light 

 work. As soon as the colt will eat, give it a small feed of 

 clean oats when tlie mare is fed, and never allow it to stop in 

 its growth. It pays with all young animals to push their growth 

 as fast as good food and good care will do it. 



LAND. 



Mitchell county lies in tlie central part of the State of 

 Kansas. The Solomon river runs through it from the north- 

 west to the southeast, giving abundance of water power the 

 year round. The surface of the country is divided into bot- 

 tom lands and high rolling prairie ; the streams are all bor- 

 jdered with timber, which, with economy, will be enough for 

 fuel. Our people enjoy the benefits of the herd law, but are 

 rapidly fencing their farms Avitli Osage orange hedges, which 

 do' well here. Our soil and climate seem adapted to all kinds 

 of grain and fruit produced in the center of the temperate 

 zone. The soil is a rich loam, from two to four feet in depth, 

 and the climate is decidedly healthy. The Winters are short 

 and open, rarely having much snow or rain. Good water is 

 abundant at a depth of from twelve to forty feet. There are 

 man}' indications of coal, and it is mined to some extent 

 already. Splendid building rock is found in abundance, and 

 is to us what the forests have been to some of the older States. 

 We have two competing railroads running to our county seat, 

 Beloit, whicli is situated near the center of the county, giving 

 us a very good market. Land in 1879 sold at from five to 

 twenty-five dollars per acre. Here is a good place for a man 

 Avith energy and small capital to secure a good home for him- 

 self and family. 



