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FRANKLIN COUNTY, IOWA. 



evil) where it will keep dry, and give the hogs a few baskets of 

 corn in the liubk whenever their bed needs renewing. The 

 cobs will do no harm. Husks do not break up as straw, and 

 remain dry very much longer. My liogs are a cross of the 

 Poland China with the Berkshire. My cattle and hogs go to 

 the creek to drink until it freezes. Then I use a windmill to 

 pump water for them till the following Spring, 



WINDMILL. 



I pump water for the cattle from a well that is sunk several 

 rods from the mill. I use fence wire from the windmill to the 

 pump, in the manner designated by the sketch. As the pump 

 pole works up and down to the mill, it works a T at the mill 

 attached to wires. There is a similar T at the other pump, 

 and both are worked together. 



BARN. 



My barn has no driveway made for wagon. I put my hay 

 in through windows large enough for using the hay -fork. I tie 

 the cows in stanchions three feet from the center. The floor 

 slants back a little, and a slope of two inches is given behind the 

 cows, so that their floor is kept dry. 



