Identifier: ohiofarmer1131unse (find matches)
Title: The Ohio farmer
Year: 1899 (1890s)
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Subjects: Agriculture
Publisher: (Columbus, Harvest Pub. Co., etc., 1899-)
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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ENTRANCE—HOME OF W. N. SCARFF.
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HOME OF W. N. SCARFF. CLARK CO.. O. (See Horticultural Page.) pasture. The sixty acres, when wecame into possession, was old, badlyworn,with no drainage and no improve-ments. As before stated, one must nec-essarily have an object toward whichto labor. The object in my case was in-deed plain to be seen. I must have amore responsive soil, one that wouldmore readily respond to proper treat-ment. This would undoubtedly re-quire, first of all, underdrainage, andas rapidly as possible filling the soil that changes will not be made or orig-inal plans amended. For in so doingone cuts off valuable resources thatmight otherwise be turned into valua-ble assets that may be realized uponin many ways when opportunity pre-sents. Now we have given our likesand dislikes, the farm as we found it.and also the conditions Of personalsurroundings. You will pardon me foralluding to my own method of proced-ure and to our own farm; not for the purpose of boasting nor shall we offerany apologies, but simply th

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