772 GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA. 



JOHN MILLER, 



RICHLAND, GREENE COUNTY. 



Soil — Stock Feeding — Timothy a?id Oats — Corn Crib and 



Barn. 



My farm is situated in Richland and Fairplay townships, 

 and consists of four hundred and forty-one acres, all under good 

 fence. One hundred and fifty-five acres are White river 

 bottom land and two hundred and eighty-six acres are upland. 

 This bottom land is of the quality for which the west fork of 

 White river is so favorably known. One hundred and thirty- 

 five acres of this are under cultivation, and are exclusively used 

 for raising corn. The upland is high, rolling ground, elevated 

 fifty or sixty feet above the river valley. In some parts it is 

 rather broken, and was, thirty years ago, covered with very 

 heavy timber, — beach, poplar, black walnut, ash, and oak pre- 

 dominating. For a number of years I kept a saw-mill on this 

 land, converting all the timber, not used for fencing or other 

 farm purposes into lumber. 



SOIL. 



The soil on the north part is a loamy clay, while on the 

 south and southwest it is a black, loamy sand. Here sand- 

 stone of durability is cropping out in several places, which has 

 been utilized in constructing the farm buildings. Running 

 water and springs are found in all but two fields. Ninety acres 

 remain yet in timber, having removed the under growth, and 

 sowed the land to blue grass. I use this for pasture. I have 

 seventy-five acres in timothy and clover at present, forty of 

 which will be cut for hay, and the rest pastured. Fifty-five 

 acres are sown to Fultz wheat, and about twelve acres are 

 planted in orchard, vines, small fruits and garden. To this 

 must be added ground occupied by mv buildings and yards, 

 and two fields directly connected with the barn lot, and which 



