584 OLMSTEAD COUNTY, MINNESOTA. 



variety of shrubbery. I have a large and well cultivated 

 vegetable garden. 



I have two large barns, with a number of sheds and stables 

 for the protection of stock. Six or seven acres are inclosed 

 and divided up for the comfort and safety of stock. My farm 

 has an abundant supply of good water, as it has a number of 

 living springs and seven wells, with wind power for some of 

 the wells. My yards and buildings are protected by forty-five 

 acres of natural and seventeen acres of artificial groves. 



FRUIT. 



My orchard contains five acres, in which I have planted a 

 variety of fruit. I prefer the Duchess and the Wealthy apple, 

 considering them best and safest to raise in this State. Of the 

 small fruits, I have currants, strawberries, and grapes, all of 

 which have proved a success. 



ARTIFICIAL GROVES. 



My artificial groves containing Lombardy poplar, cotton- 

 wOod, willow, soft maple. Balm of Gilead, European larch, and 

 some t\yo hundred evergreens. I have one hundred and sixty 

 rods of willow for hedge, but I think Barberry wood is much 

 better for that purpose. I have six hundred and eighty rods 

 of shade trees on the sides of the road, one rod apart. My 

 farm is inclosed by four hundred and sixty rods of wire fence. 

 The remainder is fenced with boards and rails. 



STOCK. 



My stock numbers horses, some cattle of a good quality, 

 and some twenty hogs, but I make a specialty of sheep. 



I keep six hundred of these animals, of the very best 

 breed, which produce over four thousand pounds of wool each 

 year. My method of feeding my stock is to give considerable 

 straw, oats, and corn to horses , corn to cattle, sheep, and 

 swine, which makes beef, pork, and mutton in the Winter. I 

 have used various kinds of fertilizers, but find clover and stock 

 are the two best. My land is a deep brown clay loam, with a 

 clav subsoil. 



