^18 MERRICK COUNTY, NEBRASKA. 



is worth. I put half a bushel of unslacked lime in a barrel, 

 havino- ready half a bushel of salt, in which are mixed four 

 pounds of sulphur and half a bushel of pulverized charcoal. I 

 wet the lime sufficiently to slack it, and as soon as it begins to 

 steam, spread over it the salt and sulphur, over the top of that 

 the charcoal, and then cover the barrel with a heavy cloth. 

 When the lime has slacked and partly cooled, I stir all thor- 

 oughly together. This I find to be both an excellent tonic and 

 disinfectant. Dose, about one tablespoonful to the hog two or 

 three times a week. 



I find the important points, to secure success in farming, 

 are thorough cultivation, good seed, and the best stock. To 

 keep the land rich and the stock well fed (with economy), will 

 almost invariably insure success. 



To those desiring a farm home I would say, we have a 

 beautiful climate, a mild Winter, with very little snow, suffi- 

 cient rain in Summer to produce good crops, a rich soil overlying 

 a porous subsoil, good water, and an abundance of grass, unsur- 

 pastted probably by any other State. The tame grasses and 

 clover grow very well here. 



N. R. PERSINGER, 



CENTRAL CITY, MERRICK COUNTY. 



A Stock and Fruit Farm — Cattle — Buildings — Model Racks 

 — Feeding — Profits. 



My farm consists of five hundred and forty acres, lying in 

 sections six and seven, township fourteen, north range six, 

 west, Merrick county, Nebraska. July 21, 1871, I filed a sol- 

 dier's homestead on the south half of the northwest quarter, 

 and north half of the southwest quarter of section six, and 

 that Fall built me a sod house, with board roof. The next 

 Summer I had sod broken, some twenty-five acres, and in 1873 

 planted about one acre of forest trees. I did not improve my 



