The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-10-21

NE that he always had boy follow up
the machines and strip" the cows AS
he thought 1t better for the cows and
II was; positively known then that the
machines We're doing their work we'll
| They cost $50 piece. Here we saw
a string OF AZ young Holsteins. only
two that We're over 4 years old, as fine
| a bunch as l ever saw any whore and
about that many more younger stuff
! that will come fresh this fall and next
spring. About 81 head of horses ANA
mules were stabbed in this barn Be
sides corn cribs and minor buildings
there we're two other barns on this
place. One was 1OOxlJ0 feet ground
| dimensions. the other may not be quite
so>largc The lower parts were ar
ranged for feeding cattle, the balance
for hay
! Corn is King up here but l believe
that Alfalfa is going to be big factor
in the very near future because OF so
much feeding being done and it works
! in so nicely as balancing food vita
| corn.
| On Tuesday morning June %. we
turned chicugoward over the Lincoln
Highway. The road was practically
! all rocked so we Travelled along at
| "a. tel
way we noticed milk cans set ont a.
most of the farms end occasionally
wagon gathering them up. Near LaFo@
| and once later on we passed near what
we thought to be milk coraensarics to
' which these cans OF milk were doubt
less going. At LaFox we also saw
sheep sheds covering acres of ground
where shippers usually unload and
feed their sheep that are bound for the
Chicago market. Thoucands OF them
can be handled at a time. Near here
we noticed one farmer he'd y concrete
building with silo attached. and iron
stanchons for two rows OF cows the
length of the building II loukc,i
good to ne
Through Kane county the wills.
mustard seemed to be terrible pest;
Some fields were yellow with it in
boom. An hour and q haii ride from
! Dckalb brought u 10 Geneva the
County Seat Of Kane county. Il vcr?
nice appearing town on Fox rive.
Here the Lincoln Highway goes south
to Joliet, so we left IL crossed tn" Fox
river and headed strnigE: cast toward
Chicago. via Wheaton thc County Seat
OF Dupage county We tarried here
merely long enough to view the college
buildings and campus. ! Though, i. 4
pretty town. Evidently cutie d few
| people OF wealth live in tic suburbs
along the electric line tow@-ili Chicago
We entered Chicago via Lake st and
Washington Boulevard as far as Car
field Park, then followed the Boulevard
! ' ~
. and east to the lake front. touching tho
north end of Lincoln Park then 2orth
| rark where our friends live, about
( two blocks from the lake On Morsa
Avenue. WI ~
| All the parks in Chicago are con
nectcti by a system of boul"vard; and
together with .he boulov: rdS through
/ the Gown town districts upon which
no heavy traffic is allowed. these make
it quite convenient for one to get IA
! round with car. You can realize
+ how convenient our Ford Is; up here
wien YOU consider the size OF Chicago.
: Reckoning the distance from the ct!
Han we were north about ~ miles ana
South Is miles travelling as far as
90 miles in one days run through the
city To me the lake front was the
most beautiful Lincoln. Grant and
Jackson Parks all border on tn. lake
Lincoln Park contains the zoo. winch
to me- seemed most complete. There
was from tho Lion Elephant and Gil
raffe down to the smallest specie OF
Monkeys. Guinea Pigs and Rats. in
Gliding both land and water fowls in
abundance Some that | cnlovHd sec
ing were the Seals. Ostrich. Kangaroo
Porcupine and Pythnns. OF the latter
there were two that some claimed "'T"
about AZ fee, long. IN Jackson Park
Is the Field Museum which j. surely
worth one day Of any ones ti'"c u see