Writer and engraver's picture of Graham County's progress since it s organization . d Miss Emily Glover on October 21st, 18 < 8 and tothem were born four boys and three girls. When he came to Grahamcounty in 1885 he preempted the home place, paid out on 80 acres andlater bought 720 acres. Not only has Mr. Smith added acres to his farm but also those im-provements which make farm life more desirable. For planting, tendingand harvesting of the crops, he has $4:,000 worth of new and improvedmachinery. He has erected a comfortable house of eight rooms and a barn ;]0xG0feet, with a capacity of 4
Writer and engraver's picture of Graham County's progress since it s organization . d Miss Emily Glover on October 21st, 18 < 8 and tothem were born four boys and three girls. When he came to Grahamcounty in 1885 he preempted the home place, paid out on 80 acres andlater bought 720 acres. Not only has Mr. Smith added acres to his farm but also those im-provements which make farm life more desirable. For planting, tendingand harvesting of the crops, he has $4:,000 worth of new and improvedmachinery. He has erected a comfortable house of eight rooms and a barn ;]0xG0feet, with a capacity of 40 tons of hay. In connection with the barn aregood scales. Of the 800 acres in the farm 5G0 are fenced and something over 200are under cultivation. In 1D05 Mr. Smith raised 4000 bushels of corn, 3200 bushels of wheatand 1900 bushels of oats. The average worth of the grain marketed inthe last ten years was $1500 a year. The livestock is an interesting feature of the farm, 14 head of finehorses, 35 hogs, and 42 head of thoroughbred Shorthorn cattle, 14 ofwhich are registered. (81). The Shorthorn has made wondurful progress in Kansas. He is thepremier tribe of the beef cattle on the range. Take him all around in thestall and at the pail, on the range and at the block he fills the bill for gen-eral purposes better than anything else in the bovine world. Mr. Smith has ambitions to make his place a Shorthorn cattle ranch. Last but not least of the many delights of the place is a splendid or-chard of several thousand trees. In addition to the 500 forest trees, thereare 250 peach trees. 50 apple trees, 125 cherry trees, 10 apricot trees and1,000 plum trees all bearing. An abundance of small fruit is produced annually, among them gooseberries, raspberries, blackberries, currants, strawberries and grapes. Mr. Smiths evergreens in the front yard, for age, will rival easterngrown ones. A. Van Norman. Thirty-two years ago, Jewell county Kansas, gained from Iowa anindustrious, thrifty farmer
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