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other crop precedes it. Almost invariably, I have better corn 

 crops after oats than after any other small grain. 



I would never plant corn on flax stubble ground, in any 

 case, without manure, and I would never sow wheat on corn 

 stalk ground, expecting a good crop. 



SAMUEL REED, 



ALGONA, KOSSUTH COUNTY. 



Corn — Farming Implements — Cattle — Hogs — Fruit. 



Kossuth is the largest county in the State of Iowa. Algona, 

 the county-seat, is situated in the southern part of the county 

 on the bank of the Des Moines river, which runs nearly through 

 the center north and south, with smaller tributaries. These 

 streams afford an abundance of good water for stock, and have 

 belts of timber on one side or the other, although the heaviest 

 body of timber is found along the entire length of the main 

 river. 



My farm contains about two hundred acres of what might 

 be called level land, although it has fall enough to drain most 

 of the tillable land. In the northwest corner I have a forty 

 acre lot of pasture land, set in Kentucky blue grass and red 

 top. This I use for early and late grazing. The prairie affords 

 good range for our stock, so tiiat I have but little use for tame 

 grass. In the southeast corner I have a thirty acre pasture. I 

 use eight acres of the western portion for colts and calves. 

 This meadow has been used for ten or twelve years without 

 plowing up. I put well rotted manure on it every few years, 

 harrowing it well just as the frost is going out of the ground. 

 That makes it take a new start to grow, and the seed that falls 

 off makes it abundantly thick for grazing purposes. This 

 pasture is set in timothy and red top mixed. The eastern por- 

 tion I use for hogs. This part is sown in timothy and red clover 



