Fine farms, progessive farmers and a nice country is what the editor found on a trip south of here last Monday in company with Postmaster RICHARDSON who was looking up a rural free route. West from town a mile past Will McCREEDY's stock farm and then south past W.J. NAFFIZGER's 220 acre farm, past Mrs. BERGE's place a mile further on, the first stop was at Fred RUCK's fine farm.

Mr. RUCK was busy dragging, getting ready for corn planting, and futher down the road E. F. McCRACKEN was doing the same on his farm. At W.L. BROWN's place Mr. BROWN had just oiled the feed grinder and had "hitched" himself to the sweep to see how "she worked," L.D. DARNELL was there also. C.R. POWELL, who lives on Levi LUTYEN's place was hard at work in the field getting it ready for corn. Ed GRAHAM was on the old Malcom GRAHAM farm and improved ___ ____ _____ with a corn rower west of the ____ton farm, where Mr. HERRINGTON, a progressive young farmer from Sandwich had settled. A.Z. WHITE has batchelor quarters on a fine farm of 160 acres, part of which is farmed by Ed GRAHAM, who was found about a mile across the plowed field.

Across the road lives Clyde POTTS and further down the road is L.D. DARNELL's place and across is John PETERSON's. Gideon LOVE lives where the road turns, on his father's farm of 160 acres, and says for a beginner everything is going nicely. He has some fine young pigs. East of the LOVE farm is Mrs. MURPHY's good property. It's a long lonesome stretch south to the CRADDOCK school house, and then west to Walter YOUNG's place on another of M.G. LOVE's farms. Still west is the home of Jay RUSSELL. He is farming 360 acres and was shelling seed corn when the pilgrims arrived. His wife is quite a carpenter and was building a "patent" hen setter in good shape.

Two of the finest country homes in all Bureau are Luther DIR's and F.C. THACKABERRY's. Fine lawns, modern homes, plenty of fruit, big barns and sleek stock, they are to be envied. Wm. DIR lives further south, then Assessor Wm. RUCK's nice farm, Bert STEWART's farm and back from the road, Olof PEARSON's. All showed evidence of thrift and designated their owners hustlers. A stop was made in the JOHNSON neighborhood, at Geo. JOHNSON's for dinner, and it was a tempting farm dinnger that makes a person wish there capacity was limitless. German Lutheran Sunday school was in progress there when the travellers left.