368 ilAUVEY COUNTY, KANSAS. 



GEORGE S. FUXK, 



RICHLAND, HARVEY COUNTY. 



Makes Butter — Finds it Profitable — Prefers Graded Coivs — 

 Alternates Grain with Stock. 



My farm is situated in Richland township, Harvey county, 

 Kan. Three quarters of a section are occupied. The reason I 

 selected it in this shape was, that I might obtain running water 

 on each eighty acre tract, which is quite a convenience in 

 mixed husbandry. 



OUT-BUILDINGS. 



My buildings are located quite near to a spring stream ; in 

 fact, it runs through the barn-yard, which is a great advantage 

 in watering stock. The buildings are composed of a house 

 twenty-four by sixteen, with a kitchen sixteen by sixteen, a 

 barn thirty-eight by thirty-eight, built expressly for the shelter 

 of stocky and arranged conveniently for that purpose. In 

 extreme cold weather I have comfortably stabled thirty-five 

 head of cattle and ten head of horses. My granaries, corn 

 cribs, hog pens, etc., are as yet but temporary. 



HEDGE FENCES. 



I have the whole farm enclosed with a hedge fence, and 

 divided into fields convenient for grain-raising and pasture at 

 the same time. I have two hundred acres under cultivation, 

 and the remainder is fenced separately for pasture, and has run- 

 ning water and plenty of timber for shelter in Winter, and 

 shade in Summer. 



BUTTER. 



I have given the subject of butter-making the greater por- 

 tion of my time and attention. My plan of operations is: To 

 keep from ten to fifteen cows, always selecting from the herd 

 the best butter makers, and allowing those which I consider 

 inferior to raise their calves. I have averaged during the last 



