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roads are plenty. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road has 

 two branches from its main line across the county. One from 

 Villisca, on their main line, down the Nodaway river to Bur- 

 lington Junction, on the St. Louis & Council Bluffs railroad, 

 with stations at Hepbury, Clarinda, Stickley's Mills, and 

 Braddyville. Another branch runs from Red Oak, through 

 Essex and Shenandoah to Hamburg. The St. Louis & Council 

 Bluffs railroad, also runs through the towns of Blanchard, 

 Bingham and Shenandoah, all in this county, so we are well 

 supplied, having nine railroad stations giving us an outlet to 

 Chicago and St. Louis. 



The St. Louis & Council Bluffs road is just finishing a 

 branch from its main line near Burlington Junction, in Mis- 

 souri, up the Nodaway to Clarinda, with two stations 

 besides Clarinda in the county, which will make eleven stations. 

 Here is a good chance for those seeking cheap and pleasant 

 homes, as there- is plenty of good timber, and abundance of 

 bituminous coal in the east part of the county. So much for 

 the county. Now for the farm. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Maple Grove is devoted to both stock and grain raising. 

 I have nearly one hundred acres in cultivation, and the re- 

 mainder in tame and wild grass, which are used for pasture 

 and hay. My hog pasture contains eight acres, with a three 

 acre artichoke patch adjoining. This I consider a great benefit 

 to my hogs. My farm has an Osage hedge all around it, most 

 of which is large enough to turn stock. The north eight acres 

 have liedge across, cutting the land in two in the middle. 

 There is a twenty-five acre pasture in the southeast fort}'', with 

 a fine ditch spring, which affords water sufficient for five 

 hundred head of stock. I have a fine spring in the northwest 

 fort}', that furnishes water for one or two hundred head of 

 stock. 



The orchard is situated in the southwest corner of the 

 southwest forty acres, and consists of five and one-half acres, 

 with two hundred and fifty-one trees just coming into bearing. 

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