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four feet. The basement has a kitchen, buttery and bedroom. 

 Above is a sitting room and two bedrooms. 



From the creek the land rises to the first table land, which 

 I usually reserve for hay, the grass growing heavy, even four 

 tons per acre. From this it rises both south and northeast. 

 The northeast quarter of my land slopes to the south and west. 

 The railroad quarter stands to the north, toward the creek. 



DRAINAGE. 



Very little drainage is needed here, as the soil is so porous 

 that all water is soon drawn into the ground, and only where 

 there are lagoons or alkali lands is it wet. The buffalo wallows 

 are of the last kind, and are scattered, in small places, over 

 most of the country, but cultivation makes these all right in a 

 few years. 



I believe it will be hard to find land that is easier culti- 

 vated, and will yield better crops. Of course some crops will 

 not do as well here as in other localities, but common crops do 

 well. The climate is clear and dry, and the nights almost 

 invariably cool, so that one can sleep well. 



STOCK RAISING. 

 Stock raising is my main idea, as fast as I can get to it. 

 I brought from Illinois a red, blood Durham bull, two three- 

 quarter blood cows, and three heifers, with one Ayreshire 

 heifer, also one half blood Norman mare that has a colt from 

 a Norman horse, and three other work horses. I brought five 

 Cotswold ewes, and four Poland sows. This constituted my 

 stock to start from. I intend increasing my flock of sheep by 

 buying some more soon. Sheep have done well this season, 

 and sheep raisers say they pay the best of any stock. 



POULTRY. 



In the poultry line I raise only White Dorkings. This 

 breed I have had for over thirty years, and have yet to see any 

 breed that I like better as a table fowl, their flesh being rich 

 and juicy, and they are also fair layers. I have also the white 

 and spotted — not speckled — Guineas. Guineas are great de- 



