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d— Cellar, twelve by twenty feet, constructed entirely out of cedar posts 

 (walls fis well as roof), and covered with three feet of earth. 



e — Cattle shed and stable combined, one hundred and forty-two by twenty 

 feet, built of heavy cedar jiosts and coltonwood logs. 



f — Smoke house, eight by eight feet, and nine feet high (frame). 



g — Corn-crib of one thousand bushels capacity, combined with a shed 

 for the housing of tlie throsliing machine, sulky plow, horse cultivator, har- 

 rows, and other implements. 



h — Hog-pen and sheds in rear of cattle yard, and in the shade of forest 

 trees. 



The house is supplied with a good drive-pump in the 

 kitchen, and a good wooden pump is near the cattle yard, 

 furnishing all the water needed for stock and horses. 



Requisite outbuildings, and three large grapevine arbors 

 in different parts of my plantation, complete the description. 



M. B. STONE, 



SYRACUSE, OTOE COUNTY. 

 Corn — Grain — Herding — Cattle — Sheep — Fruit — Climate. 



My knowledge of Nebraska covers more especially the 

 southeast portion of the State, and has been gained by a resi- 

 dence here of some fifteen years. The several counties with 

 which I am acquainted (Cass, Lancaster, Johnson, and my own 

 county, Otoe), ai"e remarkably well adapted to the various 

 branches of husbandry. The land is very uniform in character, 

 so much so that it would be difficult to find a quarter section 

 that would not make a good farm. The surface is high, rolling 

 prairie, well watered by streams, along which are groves of 

 native timber, elm, ash, oak, walnut and cottonwood being the 

 most common. The soil is a rich vegetable mold, on the high 

 lands, from one to three feet in depth, and on the bottomlands, 

 along the streams, reaching the depth of eight to ten feet. 

 The subsoil is of such a nature that it absorbs the moisture and 

 holds it in reserve for growing vegetation, too far from the sur- 

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