FALLOW LAND — BUILDINGS. 775 



only raise enough oats to partly feed my horses on, as it is not 

 a profitable crop for this section of the State. It is much more 

 exhaustive to land than wheat is, but it comes handy some- 

 times as a preparation for wheat sowing. 



FALLOW LAND. 



I never allow ground to lie in fallow, as I think it injurious 

 on account of our Summer's heat, which dries out the land, 

 and prevents the seed germinating, often. 



By this simple rotation of crops I keep my land in fine 

 condition, clear of weeds, and raise large crops, without re- 

 ducing its productiveness. Above all, it prevents my soil from 

 washing away. 



BUn^DINGS. 

 All my buildings are on the northeast forty acres of my 

 place, in Section 15, Richland Township, on the highway lead- 

 ing from Bloomfield to Worthington. They consist, first, of a 

 well painted and rodded two-story frame building, 24x36, at- 

 tached to which, on the northwest side, is an L, a one and a half 

 story building, 24x14. The main entrance is from the south, 

 by a flight of cut stone steps, under a portico with a balcony 

 above, into an eight-foot hall with two rooms on each side. 

 This story is nine feet nine inches in the clear, while the upper 

 story is nine feet three inches high. Otherwise it is like the 

 lower story, and is reached by a stairway from the lower hall, 

 under which is the entrance to the cellar, 24x24, whose walls 

 are of cut stone, under-drained by tiles, and divided off for 

 dairy and house use. The addition of 24x14 is used as a 

 kitchen below, with two bed rooms above. There is also an 

 outside entrance to the cellar. Along the kitchen and north 

 side of the main building, I have a porch, with a cistern in 

 front of the kitchen door. Another cistern lies on the east of 

 the main building, and both have good pumps. My cellar is 

 ventilated by three screened windows, with glass sash and solid 

 outside shutters for Winter use. 



SMOKE-HOUSE. 



Some three rods northwest of the kitchen stands a frame 



