500 HENRY COUNTY, IOWA. 



eye taking the lead. There are a few Harvesters in this 

 locality, but farmers do not generally raise grain enough to 

 make them pay. 



YELLOW CORN. 



I find the yellow corn and the yellow speckled do and 

 yield better and are better for fattening stock than any other. 



WHEAT. 



I have experimented with numerous varieties of wheat, and 

 am now raising the Pearl and Lost Nation. The Lost Nation is a 

 smooth wheat, very long in the head, and ripens about the 

 time of the Mammoth or Tea wheat. It is a fine grain, but 

 liable to blight in the upper part of the head. 



POTATOES. 



The potato crop is very much neglected by farmers gener- 

 ally, and as I have had very good success for the last few years, 

 I will ^ive my plan. My rule is to plant one acre every 

 year. "^1 select a piece of dry ground in the corner or side of a 

 field that is to be planted to corn, the first object being to get 

 a dry place, as potatoes will not do well on wet ground, or if 

 they do grow, the quality will be poor. If I have Fall plowing 

 so much the better, stir both ways with a cultivator, and 

 follow with the harrow. I then mark off both ways at the 

 same distance that I would mark for corn. I cut my potatoes 

 and put two pieces in a hill. I then take my cultivator and 

 turn the shovels together, and cover them. I give them the 

 same cultivation that I do my corn, and hoe them once if they 

 need it. I plant Peach Blows mostly, but grow a few Early Rose 

 and White Meshannocks. My one acre of potatoes has never 

 failed to supply my family of eight, and I usually sell from ten 

 to thirty dollars worth. I plant fair sized potatoes usually, but 

 see no difference in the result when I plant small ones. 



APIARY. 



I keep a few bees, but do not find it profitable to sell 

 honey. I lose some of my bees every Winter, and only find 



