The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-09
What I Know q Farming.
ny HORACE GREELEY,
Draining..My Own.

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eastward Of inc nanicL known " CmAl'ia ~
qua, GalIed mo existence ny STATION w
Lne, Harlem 91l!sTAu; ~ e9 ny ~ lc y
selis1 Y Aaltol Lne3 sa slc
itaiiroau mere traVcrscs irotn soI az ~
hortl-My part measuring sylG n.Vc ~
acres WIN lEe actcS hAote Vi SiIShty c'c
waited Dry lana petWeen Y anu wy ioot o.
the rathcr rugged NIL when Uses tnenCe
on the east ana on tne south' anu OF Wn LI;ll
now owe some EN- 1n %ct nj EN- naT
easstwaEq o. ny 10Y iag9, w N s9oq IVY
covered @itlti9resel III uls, i DoughVui V:,
tllan hall IN 1925 anu tio reSiuuS IN Di y.
IRON time 70 umc Us ! sou.u Ss,IoGu II
me average cost was OGt"ecn $lSo ulIt
$l4O per acre 8 one SmAi ana P0or ON
cottage being ine only nuliulng Ioutlu
on the tract, winch consisted OF llle tAs-
gcd edges Of TWO aalacent iHtIaS pehWeGn
NOW irtornnSei while they stilI Ailioin
nj, n,Sar ,o,,orI Tho worth and s5n,h
soOI SoIS a G,;Io from Tho railroad IN
whiohinthelfo buildings ate SoGateuy anu
which forms my eastern boundary.
My stony, graVelly upiAuu mainly
slopes 10 inc West nut Two "c H.
on my east llne incline toward I. sle
road WHICH pounds me III tIlhI uFSCuql'
SosnS S ~ 70 tta f,;IiSf ;EonISS whicT 1Iter.
;n STe 81 Tint Garner s Eecns irrcgrariy near
,mS az IinoSnn,I, T. amorgcS swcIIcd hv
3y,o SS ,,,nneI' iISt entasSH INV. Iowland
CIV, IN Ior1L VIII and traycrscs 4 70 meet
MI Sass A M VIII ia larger hroGE1ct
SI is% nil have done some draining to
no r rIst rnrnoqe ,on tbe moro level nor.
n ~ i1InF1 I'M mvI iatJ Inrd M
aIion,oj nv loot ofInris n fila limo and
shnII5 sSSr6 s,T Nal them FIR tlIn enconr.
aSeT, t,IF Gnd Anossible Guidance Of noyiccs
n 'IG1rnininp y Emt me sneak first Of
" M D;f5culiiSs.Tbfs marsh or bog con.
,;stog SYcn frat CrannIed will Il ii
oo,SS ,';ttS q 4s pI I,SGrFEs nsnwnrd
IoSS ,l'on y ,I;rd 10 drn;n Il IN odyan.
t t.SS " nno ror"nn should oyn Il ali or thu
IIS lSTS mn 6Sns ls I 66befae nm /
tl,SR II I'm "IonS & I'm Az Sthd ia tilan
= +Ssi StcorS I'll ,,ffviteSS az stf5Sr6 Ten.
;n "S 40 wall M d"cn"n;nT tLc hroos which
wy ;lS ty51 tHrSfIt the drE66r meadow
i've; %S below, me- fHrmiH" hero tI,e boundary
" To- 80 oSfaSStt, farms, \ I snhnt SfO0' On
t%;s III, ySScL Il st;ii ImrInertect. Knit The
Srot Sec;dcJ E,II in the stream occnrS near.
10 T,1s milo n hollow me. ~ md mn Won fire easily
II do;nS NJ vonr.own eo9t work which
Son %S s SSy HsrI a mHSbI a koi,r.
ss JTV Nv ,SrainaSS will never l,e perfect
hi tbir brook With ,that FIR larger ono in
Vital I'll 4 4 mScEbcd sixty rods Fellow me
shall have hcHn s,,nk three or EouF f9et7 nj
o . S,r,bcr here oxnenSo of nj least S500
= Th;t bSg prt Sg,S,nn when I first bought
!, Hvos Mainly dc,Itcatcd to tie use 81
rroc %'I mnskrSts ami snappIng.turtlcg A
fcvv small Tat6r. SIM buCl soIl InddIjies tfcw
I' ~" Win Swtmn nIdcr nnrtlv frinTinr
tbc western base 6f Tho Mn cast Of II
srI'oro ~" rockS T,h;ch Ind throlI0h thou.
s M1JtO ~. ~ 0' vc"To irSiie'i nom he iiiill
S,,,aI ,ho surfacG with SPRINGS bhb.
Him m ar6,ihI aTi among them. De.