18 Till-. Al. AI'.AMA OPPORTUXITV. 



So these cemented cisterns are things of special significance. 

 They sliow for one thing- that the question of the proverbial 

 dryness' of the prairie pasture has been solved. The cisterns 

 are connected with a storage tank of 5,000 gallons, a tank that 

 is filled and kept full by the big wind mill on the hill. 



This comprehensive water works arrangement is a necessit}' 

 for Mr. \'aughan. who has so many dollars of his own invested 

 in stock and who takes other people's cows and horses to 

 board during the spring and summer months. Mr. \'aughan 

 has for instance 250 sheep. This drove of sheep is of value for 

 its wool alone, for the sheep are sheared regularly. But its 

 chief value lies in the rapid way in which the size of the drove 

 increases. Now, young lambs in the spring bring $3 each 

 when they are carried to the city and sold for Montgomery's 

 tables, and lambs from a flock of 250 sheep are frequent and 

 mmierous. 



There are cattle of proud ancestry on the \"aughan place. 

 There are fifteen head of Hereford stock, thoroughbred and 

 registered. The monarch of the herd cost Mr. \'aughan $525;. 

 and several heifers were bought at $200 or $225 each. And 

 then there are scores of native cattle feeding upon the farm. 

 The importance of cattle raising on this well known place may 

 be estimated when it is understood that 800 acres of it alone 

 are devoted to pasture. Over 200 of these acres are grazing 

 a big drove of native hogs, hogs that are being raised for the 

 market. 



TWO PLANTATIOXS IN ONE. 



The \'aughan place, all in all, is a remarkable, farm. It is 

 composed of two plantations as plantations went in the old 

 days, and it contains about 2,500 acres. The two plantations 

 which comprise it are known to the older citizens of Montgom- 

 ery County as the Remsen place and the Davidson place. The 

 Woodley Road runs between. 



It is a splendid piece of farming property, these two plan- 

 tations, amounting to 2,500 acres. xA,nd it is owned by a young 

 man, a young man on the sunny side of 30 who started ten 

 years ago with eighty acres of this land and some few debts. 

 The big farm, its' splendid equipment, its fortune in stock and 

 cattle, he has acquired b\- intelligent perseverance in the past 

 ten years. 



