PLANTING OF THE TREES 93 
fortable. They did, however, finish one good 
job between showers. They tile-drained the 
routes for the two roads on the home lot, — the 
straight one east and west through the build- 
ing line, about 1000 feet, and the winding car- 
riage drive to the site of the main house, about 
1850 feet. The tile pipe cost $123. They also 
set a lot of fence posts in the soft ground. 
Building progressed slowly during the bad 
weather, but before the end of December the 
horse barn, the woodshed, the granary, the for- 
age barn, and the power-house were completed, 
and most of the machinery was in place. The 
machinery consisted of a fifteen horse-power 
engine, with shafting running to the forage 
barn, the granary, and the woodshed. A power- 
saw was set in the end of the shed, a grind- 
ing mill in the granary, and a fodder-cutter in 
the forage barn. The cost of these items was :— 
Engine and shafting. . ~. « ~~ $187.00 
Saw . f f ‘ : . «24.00 
Mill . 3 i ; A ‘ : . 82.00 
Feed-cutter and carrier . ; 3 - 76.00 
Tobahy sii vin. 50.) 5 9839.00 
I gave the services of my two carpenters, 
Thompson and Sam, during most of this time 
to Nelson, for I had but little work for them, 
and he was not making much out of his job. 
The last few days of 1895 turned clear and 
cold, and the barometer set “fair.” The change 
chirked us up, and we ended the year in good 
spirits, 
