MINNESOTA. 



E. T. WAY, 



CLAREMONT, DODGE COUNTY. 



The Soil Well Adapted to Mixed Husbandry — Spring Wheat — 

 Fall Plowing a Necessity — Stock — Pasture and Meadows — 

 Clover. 



My farm is situated on the head waters of the Azumbro 

 river, three miles from one of the flourishing villages on the 

 Winona and St. Peter railroad. A fine stream of never-failing 

 water crosses it from west to east. Bordering this creek, and 

 on either side of it, are the finest natural grass meadows to be 

 found ill the county, while the upland, although perfectly dry 

 and friable, is but a few feet above the level of the meadows, 

 making the farm remarkably even and easy to work, there 

 being no up-hill draughts or side-hill inconveniences to hinder 

 operations. It embraces one hundred and sixty acres, one 

 hundred and ten of which are good, dry, easily-cultivated 

 plow land, and forty to fifty acres beautiful grass meadow. 



The land was originally covered with burr oak, and 

 several of the ancient trees are yet to be seen on different 

 parts of the farm. The soil is composed of black, sandy loam, 

 thirty inches deep, sufficiently light and open to never bake ; 

 while under the black soil, for two feet deep, is yellowish earth, 

 compact and hard, but without the sticky, impervious character 

 of clay. Below this latter is coarse sand and gravel to an 

 unknown depth. Twelve feet below the surface is water. As 

 may be seen from the foregoing description, the farm is well 

 adapted to mixed husbandry, or grain growing combined with 

 the raising of stock. The latter plan is the one I have adopted. 



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