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cattle is early cut corn fodder, well cured ; the second best is 

 early cut hay. Good breeds, with good feed and water, and 

 protection from heat, rain and cold, with kind treatment, will 

 pay a handsome profit. 



GEORGE N. NICHOLS, 



DELPHOS, CLOUD COUNTY. 



Important Facts With Regard to the Opening and Location of 



New Farms. 



Chief among the multitudes of matters which challenge 

 the attention of a settler in a new country, as he enters upon 

 laud just as it came from nature, untouched by the hand of 

 man, is the proper location of his buildings, yards, out-houses, 

 stables, etc., with a view to health, convenience, and the 

 gratification of his aesthetic nature. Health, of course, is the 

 first consideration. 



V BAD ODORS OBJECTIONABLE. 



There is no greater nuisance about farm houses than bad 

 smells, emanating from the yards, corrals, and out-houses ; and, 

 generally speaking, nothing is more inexcusable. The air in 

 and around the house should be pure and sweet to insure 

 health and cheerfulness, without which life is a burden, and 

 no amount of meek resignation to divine dispensations will 

 thwart the inexorable process of law. The house that is filled 

 with foul odors is filled with fearful dangers, likewise, that in 

 time will manifest themselves to the most resolute, and under- 

 mine the strongest constitution. I am positive that a very 

 large majority of the cases of malarial fevers to which new 

 countries seem more subject than older, arise from causes which 

 were wholly under the control of the sufferers, and which 

 might liave been avoided by the observance of certain facts 

 within the knowledge of all. 



WHERE TO BUILD A HOUSE. 



Here is my suggestion, based upon an experience of nine 



