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A. FAILER, 



KELLOGG, JASPER COUNTY. 



Short-Horns — Breed Nothing hut the Best Stock — The Manage- 

 ment of Hogs — Breeding — Weaning — Pens and Feeding 

 Cribs — Artichokes, 



ELMWOOD FARM. 



My farm is situated in the southeast portion of Kellogg 

 Township, and consists of one hundred acres of land. In its 

 primitive state, a considerable portion of the farm was covered 

 with hazel, young timber, and a grove called Wolf Grove. 

 The remainder was prairie. My farmhouse stands on beauti- 

 ful rising ground, in the south edge of this natural grove of 

 elms, linns, oaks, box elders, wild plums, crab and thorn-apples, 

 the whole covered with a heavy sward of blue grass. 



THE CREEK. 



At the foot of the hill runs the clear and sparkling little 

 Elk creek, which is fed by living springs, furnishing water the 

 entire year for all stock on the farm. Here are the famous Elk 

 creek camping grounds, known by the early gold seekers en 

 route to California, which tradition says was once the corn field 

 of the Musquaka Indians. 



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As to the fertility of the farm, it is not excelled by any, 

 as much of it, in its native state, was what is called hazel- 

 rough. My farm is all under cultivation, and is used as pas- 

 ture, meadow, and farm lands. 



BARBED WIRE FOR FENCES. 



I have it fenced mainly by barbed wire, which I prefer for 

 cattle and horses. All my fields, lots, or yards, in which hogs 



