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McHenry County now has a Farm Bureau, a Home Bureau, a County Holstein Breeders Association, and nine subsidiary organizations as fol- lows: A Federal Farm Loan Association; A Cow Testing Association ; A Farmer's Co-operative Association, and six Livestock Shipping Asso- ciations. Twenty-one farmers have availed themselves of the privilege of the Federal Farm Loan to date. $150,000 was loaned to farmers of the
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county during the first eight months. Application for over $100,000 more was refused pending the recent court decision.
The managers of the Livestock Shipping Associations at the various points are as follows : Marengo, Max Wilson; Harvard, Adam Weaver; Woodstock, Fern Rogers; Hebron, Henry Mickle; Spring Grove, John Kattner ; Pleasant Valley, F. J. Sleczer.
Mr. E. A. Carneross, graduate of the Wisconsin College of Agricul- ture, 1912, and later agricultural advisor at Green Bay, Wis., was em- ployed as Assistant Advisor in October, 1919. He had charge of the cow testing, shipping associations and other livestock work which he handled in a satisfactory manner. Mr. Carneross resigned early in 1921 to accept the position of agricultural advisor in Du Page County, Ill. The officers of the MeHenry County Farm Bureau since its organization are as fol- lows: 1913, H. E. Whipple, Pres .; T. H. Murray, Vice Pres .; A. M. Shel- ton, Secy. ; Fremont Hoy, Treas. 1914, H. E. Whipple, Pres .; T. H. Mur- ray, Vice Pres .; A. M. Shelton, Secy .; Fremont Hoy, Treas. 1915, H. E. Whipple, Pres .; T. H. Murray, Vice Pres .; A. M. Shelton, Secy. ; Fremont Hoy, Treas. 1916, H. E. Whipple, Pres .; T. H. Murray, Vice Pres .; A. M. Shelton, Secy .; Fremont Hoy, Treas. 1917, H. E. Whipple, Pres .; Wm. Bonslett, Vice Pres .; A. M. Shelton, Secy .; Fremont Hoy, Treas. 1918, H. E. Whipple, Pres .; John R. Wells, Vice Pres .; D. T. Smiley, Secy .; Fremont Hoy, Treas. 1919, H. E. Whipple, Pres .; John R. Wells, Vice Pres .; D. T. Smiley, Secy .; John M. Hoy, Treas. 1920, H. E. Whipple, Pres .; John R. Wells, Vice Pres .; C. W. Gibbs, Secy .; Jacob Olbrich, Treas. 1921, John R. Wells, Pres .; H. C. Gilkerson, Vice Pres .; C. W. Gibbs, Secy .; Jacob Olbrich, Treas.
THE MC HENRY COUNTY HOLSTEIN BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
A county Holstein Breeders Association was formed about ten years ago, and in 1914 this association put out an advertising booklet that was not surpassed by any other at that time, and the association had a good start but for some reason it was allowed to go down. However, in the spring of 1919 through the efforts of Advisor Gafke the association was reorganized and as a result of the work fifteen or more of the members have placed their herds under Federal supervision. It is the determina- tion of the members to have their herds placed on the accredited list as being free from tuberculosis. Among the herds so tested may be men- tioned F. M. Barber, B. L. Thomas, J. O. Tupper and Henry Eppel, Woodstock; W. H. Gardner, Solon Mills; R. W. Stewart and A. D.
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Cornue, Hebron ; H. C. LaBrec and R. E. Corlett, Harvard; and C. W. Gibbs, West MeHenry. The officers of the Association are as follows: President, C. W. Gibbs, West MeHenry; Vice President, Don Geyer, Crystal Lake; Second Vice President, R. E. Corlett, Harvard; Secretary, R. W. Stewart, Hebron; Treasurer, B. L. Thomas, Ringwood.
MC HENRY COUNTY HOME BUREAU
After a short preliminary organization work the Home Bureau of McHenry County was organized in June, 1918, for the purpose of put- ting homemaking on a sounder basis. The officers elected the first year were, President, Mrs. E. E. Seward, Marengo; Vice President, Mrs. G. A. Miller, Woodstock; Secretary, Mrs. Fred B. McConnell, Woodstock ; Treasurer, Mrs. Will Hoy, Huntley. Executive Committee : Mrs. D. T. Smiley, Woodstock; Mrs. E. G. Turner, Richmond; Mrs. Jack Walsh, McHenry ; Mrs. J. C. Furlong, Spring Grove; Mrs. A. J. Gafke, Wood- stock, and Mrs. W. E. Doyle, Harvard. Miss Eva Blair, of Sullivan, Ill., was employed July 1, 1918, as Home Advisor. She gave lectures and demonstrations in the organized townships on such subjects as canning, household equipment, gardening and poultry raising. Under her direc- tion special schools in poultry raising and clothing conservation were carried on with the help of specialists from the university of Illinois. During the war the problems of the Home Bureau were mostly those of conservation of food and clothing. After the war its activities were broadened to assist in the development of all sides of home life and to cooperate with all organizations intended to benefit the community. In July, 1919, Miss Blair left to become Assistant State Leader in Extension Work in West Virginia, and Mrs. Mary B. Dalbey was employed as Home Advisor. Special effort has since been put upon beautifying home grounds, home management, and child welfare. As a result of the child welfare work hundreds of children have been weighed and measured, and the hot school lunch has been established in many of the rural and town schools. The Home Bureau office was combined with the Woman's Club Rest Room in the courthouse at Woodstock, making a convenient place to come for help in Home Economics. The officers for the year beginning July, 1920, are as follows : President, Mrs. Henry Echternach, Marengo; Vice President, Mrs. G. A. Miller, Woodstock; Secretary, Mrs. L. A. Stockwell, Marengo; Treasurer, Mrs. E. G. Turner, Richmond; The Executive Committee, Mrs. Jack Walsh, MeHenry; Mrs. B. C. Bottum, Woodstock; Mrs. M. G. Shipton, Woodstock; Miss Mary Stevens, Ma- rengo; Mrs. Frank Silliman, Woodstock.
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AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES
The McHenry County Agricultural Society was organized in 1852. Capt. William H. Stewart and Colonel J. M. Strode were appointed on the organizing committee, but most of the work devolved on Captain Stewart, who drafted the constitution and by-laws and was the prime mover in a laudable enterprise. He became the society's first secretary and treasurer. William Jackson was elected the first president. This organization remained as an agricultural society until 1874, when it availed itself of the offer made by the State, and then was under the name of the "Agricultural Board of MeHenry County." For several years after organizing the society held its fairs in the streets of various villages of the county. Rail pens were built to hold the live stock, and rooms were rented in which to exhibit the "fine arts." By 1859 the society with the county had grown materially so that this society pur- chased ten acres of land, which formed a part of the later fair grounds so much appreciated by the county-just to the east of the city of Wood- stock. There they built better shedding for the stock and held their annual fairs until 1866, when they organized a life membership, with an admittance fee of $20. Over one hundred names were added to this list, and this allowed the society to afford better accommodations, to enlarge its grounds which was carried out by purchasing five acres to the south of the first tract. They also then erected an agricultural hall, observa- tory, ticket office, etc. In about 1868 the society bought seven acres more to the northi, making twenty-two acres in all. Here one finds a good half- mile track and here have been held some of the largest fairs in Illinois. Other improvements have been made with the passing years and much interest has been manifested and doubtless much of the present high standard of farm-life in the "Kingdom of McHenry" has been due to the efforts of those who have kept the county fairs alive, until the younger generation has caught the spirit of the age, and are not satisfied with less than the best in everything pertaining to county fairs.
Under the first society, the last executive board was composed of the following: D. E. Peck, Thomas MeD. Richards, J. A. Wood, E. H. Seward, Robert Stewart, Richard Wray, E. Buck and J. E. Beckley. This was in 1872 when the old society changed to the new order of things and was thereafter known as the MeHenry County Agricultural Board.
The amounts paid in premiums in the early years of the fair were very liberal considering the fact that very little encouragement was given county fairs through state appropriation. Prior to 1907 $200 was the
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largest appropriation any county or district fair could receive from the state and all received the same amount regardless of merit. In 1907 MeHenry County started the organization known as The Illinois Asso- ciation of Agricultural Fairs. This organization secured a state appro- priation for each fair of a sum equal to forty percent of the amount paid in premiums. This was afterward increased to sixty percent on the first $1,000; fifty percent on the second $1,000; forty percent on the third $1,000; and thirty percent on the fourth $1,000 paid out in premiums. In 1867 the amount paid for premiums at the MeHenry County Fair was $866.50; in 1868 it was $637.39; in 1875 it was $1,180.79; in the period from 1895 to 1901 from $1,400 to $1,600 was paid out for premiums not counting the money expended for speed. From 1903 to 1910, George A. Hunt, Secretary, the premiums were increased from $1,800 to $3,100 per year. In 1911, 1912, 1913 and 1914, Theodore Hamer, Secretary, the premiums were $3,014, $3,028, $3,746 and $3,654. In 1915, P. R. Forman, Secretary, $3,019 was paid in premiums; in 1916, W. C. Bartelt, Secre- tary, $1,948 was the amount paid. In 1917, P. R. Forman, Secretary, $1,696.50 was paid in premiums. In 1918, Guy E. Still, Secretary, $1,110.70 was paid in premiums. In the years 1919 and 1920, Hoyt E. Morris, Secretary, $2,255 and $3,427.75 were the amounts paid.
During the years 1903 to 1910, inclusive, improvements to the value of over $10,000 were placed on the grounds of the society. The names of the presidents and secretaries of the MeHenry County Fair since 1867, are as follows :
1867, William M. Jackson, Pres .; C. H. Russell, Secy. 1868, James Crow, Pres .; E. E. Richards, Secy. 1869, James Crow, Pres .; E. E. Richards, Secy. 1870, James Crow, Pres .; E. E. Richards, Secy. 1871, James Crow, Pres .; E. E. Richards, Secy. 1872, James Crow, Pres .; W. H. Stewart, Secy. 1873, James Crow, Pres .; W. H. Stewart, Secy. 1874, James Crow, Pres .; Asa W. Smith, Secy. 1875, James Crow, Pres .; Asa W. Smith, Secy. 1876, L. Woodard, Pres .; E. E. Richards, Secy. 1877, James Crow, Pres .; Andrew Bourne, Secy. 1878, James Crow, Pres .; Andrew Bourne, Secy. 1879, J. S. Wheat, Pres .; L. J. Gates, Secy. 1880, Thos. MeD. Richards, Pres .; W. H. Stewart, Secy. 1881, Thos. McD. Richards, Pres .; A. S. Wright, Secy. 1882, Thos. McD. Richards, Pres .; A. S. Wright, Sec. 1883, Thos. McD. Richards, Pres .; A. S. Wright, Secy. 1884, Thos. MeD. Richards, Pres .; A. S. Wright, Secy. 1885, James Crow, Pres .; A. S. Wright, Secy. 1886, Thos. McD. Richards, Pres .; A. S. Wright, Secy. 1887. Thos. MeD. Richards, Pres .; A. S. Wright, Secy. 1888, Thos. McD. Richards, Pres .; A. S.
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Wright, Secy. 1889, Fred Hatch, Pres .; A. S. Wright, Secy. 1890, Fred Hatch, Pres .; A. F. Field, Secy. 1891, Fred Hatch, Pres .; A. F. Field, Secy. 1892, Fred Hatch, Pres .; A. F. Field, Seey. 1893, Andrew Bourne, Pres .; T. D. MeRichards, Secy. 1894, R. J. Beck, Pres .; G. B. Richards, Secy. 1895, R. J. Beck, Pres .; G. B. Richards, Scey. 1896, R. J. Beck, Pres .; G. B. Richards, Secy. 1897, R. J. Beck. Pres. ; D. T. Smiley, Seey. 1898, M. Zimpelmann, Pres .; A. S. Wright, Secy. 1899, M. Zimpelmann, Pres .; A. S. Wright, Secy. 1900, M. Zimpelman, Pres .; A. S. Wright, Secy. 1901, Fred Hatch, Pres .; F. G. Arnold, Secy. 1902, Fred Hatch, Pres .; F. G. Arnold, Secy. 1903, Fred IIatch, Pres .; Geo. A. Hunt, Secy. 1904, William Desmond, Pres .; Geo. A. Hunt, Secy. 1905, William Desmond, Pres .; Geo. A. Hunt, Secy. 1906, William Desmond, Pres. ; Geo. A. Hunt, Secy. 1907, William Desmond, Pres .; Geo. A. Hunt, Secy. 1908, William Desmond, Pres. ; Geo. A. Hunt, Secy. 1909, William Desmond, Pres .; Geo. A. Hunt, Secy. 1910, William Desmond, Pres .; Geo. A. Hunt, Secy. 1911, Ben Throop, Pres .; Theo. Hamer, Secy. 1912, Ben Throop, Pres .; Theo. Hamer, Secy. 1913, Ben Throop, Pres .; Theo. Hamer, Secy. 1914, Ben Throop, Pres .; Theo. llamer, Secy. 1915, D. L. James, . Pres .; P. R. Forman, Secy. 1916, Frank J. Green, Pres .; W. C. Bartelt, Secy. 1917, Frank J. Green, Pres .; P. R. Forman, Secy. 1918, Frank J. Green, Pres .; Guy E. Still, Secy. 1919, C. W. Harrison, Pres .; Hoyt E. Morris, Secy. 1920, F. A. Walters, Pres .; Hoyt E. Morris, Secy. 1921, F. A. Walters, Pres .; Hoyt E. Morris, Secy.
To A. S. Wright belongs the distinction of having served the society as secretary longer than any other incumbent of the office. He was first elected in 1880 and served for the years 1881 to 1889 inclusive, making nine consecutive years, and again in 1898, 1899 and 1900, making twelve years of service for the association. Mr. Wright made an ideal secretary and was a persistent advertiser. During the years in which he officiated as secretary, and by his invitation the association had the honor of enter- taining many noted men. In 1882 General Oglesby, General Black, Gen. J. C. Smith, General Raum, General Chetlain, General Beem, and the French Consul, Edmond Bruevaert, were guests of the fair. In 1883 General Longstreet, Governor Hamilton, Hon. David Littler, Gen. Clark E. Carr, and ex-minister Washburn were the association's guests. In 1884 Gen. John A. Logan, General Black, General Torrance, General Beem and Governor Fairchild were the guests of honor. In 1886 Hon. A. J. Hopkins, and in 1887 Hon. Samuel Randall of Pennsylvania, Hon. A. E. Stevenson, Vice President of the United States from 1893 to 1897, Congressman William Springer, Congressman Joseph G. Cannon, and
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HIon. Joseph Fifer were the county's guests. In 1889 Gen. Russel A. Alger, and Lt. Gov. Lyman Ray visited the fair. Senator Shelby M. Cullom, of Illinois, and Senator "Long" Jones of Wisconsin, visited the fair in 1899 and gave addresses to the old settlers of whom more than 300 registered their names at the Secretary's office. Gov. Frank O. Lowden visited the fair in 1917. Gov. John M. Palmer of Illinois, Governor St. John of Kansas, Gov. Richard Yates and many other noted men have visited MeHenry County at various times as guests of the county fair.
There is a strong probability that the Fair Association will be incor- porated as a stock company in the near future. If this is done it will undoubtedly result in a better business organization and with the strong movement under way for road improvement, and the inereasing use of automobiles the future sueeess of the fair should be assured.
MC HENRY COUNTY MEN WHO HAVE SERVED AS OFFICERS AT STATE AND OTHER FAIRS
M. Zimpelman of Marengo was Vice President of the Illinois State Fair from the Eleventh Distriet and Superintendent of Machinery for the years 1889 and 1900. He was succeeded the following year by C. F. Dike of Crystal Lake who served as Vice President from this District and served as Superintendent of Machinery for sixteen consecutive years, or until his death which occurred March 6, 1916. Charles Gilkerson, of Marengo was Assistant Superintendent of Dairy Products at the Illinois State Fair for the years 1908, 1909, 1910 and 1911. He was also Super- intendent of Dairy Products at the National Dairy Show at Chicago for several years, also at Springfield, Massachusetts and Columbus, Ohio. George A. Hunt, of Woodstock, made exhibits of agricultural products for Mellenry County at the Illinois State Fair in 1901 and 1902, winning first premium for the county both years. The exhibit for 1902 consisted of six tons of products. A reproduction of this exhibit was made at the McHenry County Fair in 1903. The grains and grasses and the samples of wood from this exhibit were selected by the Illinois Commission to show at the World's Fair at St. Louis, 1904. Mr. Hunt was appointed Super- intendent of Illinois Dairy Products for the World's Fair at St. Louis, 1904. The spectacular feature of this exhibit was the bust statues of President Grant and President Lincoln, made with pure ereamery butter. Mr. Hunt seeured the services of the well known sculptor, Leonard Crunelle, for this work.
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MARENGO AGRICULTURAL BOARD
In 1872 a Driving Park Association was formed in the village of Marengo, consisting of J. M. Anderson, R. M. Patrick, T. II. St. John, L. W. Sheldon, A. H. Vail, Calvin Gilbert, S. K. Bartholomew, W. A. Boice, Calvin Spencer and a few others. The association leased of Cal- vin Spencer for a term of years; also went to considerable expense in grading the track and erecting an amphitheatre, but after holding two exhibitions found it to be a financial failure. The association dissolved, and the property and lease fell into the hands of a few of the former members, who tried to run it for a time, hoping that foreign horsemen might come in and take it off their hands. Failing in this they turned the property over to an Agricultural Board which was soon formed at Marengo, consisting of A. Jones, R. M. Patrick, E. H. Seward and Calvin Spencer. These gentleman ran the grounds three seasons longer, when a state charter was secured and 220 shares of stock were issued at $10 per share. Under this plan Marengo held several excellent annual fairs, but between 1885 and 1890 the enterprise was discontinued. Their mile track was the wonder of horsemen everywhere. They had an amphi- theatre holding 1,000 people, and ninety box stalls.
KISHWAUKEE FARMERS' CLUB
This was the name given to a club formed in March, 1875, in Marengo Township, through the efforts of Messrs. Israel Boice, T. MeD. Richards and Patterson Pringle, who met at the house of Mr. Richards early that spring, and after discussing the feasibility of the matter among them- selves, selected fifteen of the best neighboring farmers to join them. Their plans were heartily accepted by all, and it was not long before the club had a membership of more than fifty farmers. They held their meetings once a month, at the residence of some of their members, where they discussed in a friendly manner various modes of farming, in all branches of agriculture, horticulture, stockraising, dairy business, etc.
Some member was appointed at a previous date to prepare or seeure a lecture on some given topic and this was read at the next meeting. The wives and daughters of the members had a part in the work, as well as the men, for they, it was supposed, would furnish the "eats" for as many as might be present, and this they did with cheerfulness. The first one to act as president of this early farmers' club was Thomas MeD. Richards, and he held the position for six years, and was succeeded by
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R. M. Patrick. Great good among the farmers of southwestern MeHenry County was the result of this early club.
FARM STATISTICS
George A. Hunt, who had charge of the county agricultural exhibits at the Illinois State Fair in 1901 and 1902, and Director of Farm Institutes for the Eleventh Congressional District, published a neat booklet which accompanied the exhibit from MeHenry County, and that publieation contained many facts, including the following :
"The area of MeHenry County is 612 square miles. Its population is about 30,000. (The present population of MeHenry County, as shown by the Federal Census of 1920, is 33,164.) The chief industries are . agriculture, dairying and stockraising, nevertheless there are a large number of manufacturing establishments in this county, where many persons are employed. The soil over a large portion of the county is a deep dark loam with clay sub-soil admirably adapted to retain mois- ture. There is very little untillable land and a crop failure has never been known."
In speaking of crops, Mr. Hunt remarks that "Corn is the staple one, 100,000 aeres being devoted to it; average per aere from forty to fifty bushels, making a total of from four to five million bushels per year. The oats erop is second in importanee, the acreage being 50,000 aeres with an average yield of from thirty-five to forty-five bushels per aere. The total crop is usually about 2,000,000 bushels of oats."
"About 2,000 acres are devoted to Irish potatoes which go as high as 300 bushels per acre and sell at an average price of from forty to eighty cents per bushel"' (remember, this was written in 1901).
At the time this booklet was written there were more creameries in MeHenry County than in any other county in the United States. At the present writing there is not a ereamery in active operation in the county.
The wages paid farm hands are twenty per eent higher than in een- tral Illinois and thirty-five per eent higher than in southern Illinois.
MeHenry County has about 75,000 head of cattle; 10,000 head of sheep; 17,000 horses; 100,000 hogs; poultry and eggs sold to fully $100,000 besides all that are consumed in the farmers' homes.
This county is in the center of the dairy region of the world. The county has over 50,000 eows, from which comes 200,000,000 pounds of
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milk annually, bringing a revenue to the farmers of between $3,500,000 and $4,000,000 annually for this produet alone.
Again in 1914, in a book prepared for the Holstein Breeders' Asso- ciation, he states : "Meflenry County, Illinois, is in the center of the greatest dairy region of the world. This county contains more than 50,000 cows, producing over 200,000 tons of milk annually, a large por- tion of which finds its way to the Chicago market."
"REGISTERED'' FARM NAMES
Under a recent-time legislative provision any farmer who pays a recording fee of $1 is entitled to have his landed estate given a seleet name-no two to be alike in the same county-and the same property recorded in the book made on purpose and kept in the county recorder's office. Also he is entitled to a printed certificate of the same, showing name, name of farm, and location of same. Many of the landowners here have taken out such certificates and had them neatly framed and hung upon their home walls. Up to this date (1921) the following is a list of such registered farms, the numerals refer to section, township and range of such tracts of land :
Hill Crest-20-44-6-Ben LeRoy Andrews.
Oak Lawn-20-44-6-Philip W. Andrews. Spring Brook-32-43-9-Charles W. Albright. Meadow Park-9-45-7-O. H. Aavang. Twin Oak Farm-13-46-8-W. J. Aylward.
Hillside-27-46-8-Carl Anderson. Maple View-9-45-8-Herbert W. Allen. Arbor Lodge-10-45-8-Herbert W. Allen.
Walnut Knoll Stoek Farm-22-44-5-George D. Beldin. Silver Spring Farm-6-43-9-Darwin E. Brown. Spring Lake Dairy Farm-23-43-9-C. L. Bratzler. Spring Ilill Farm-11-45-7- Frank M. Barber. Evergreen Farm-31-44-6-P. R. Boies. Maple Shade Farm-6 and 7-43-6-W. A. Boies. Olenburg Farm-13-44-7-Alfred Bergquist. Theoforda-27-45-5-Raymond Briekley. Hill Crest Poultry Farm-25-44-9-C. E. Behan. Woodlands Dairy Farm-6-44-8-J. F. Claxton. Nippersink Farm-30-46-9-Estate of Franklin M. Cole. Highwood-7-44-8-M. Conley.
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Maplehurst-11-45-5-Minnie E. Carmack.
Near Brook Farm-15-45-5-Minnie E. Carmack.
Elmhurst-4-44-9-H. E. Clemens.
Maywood Farm-1-46-6-Arthur D. Cornue.
The Four Oaks-35-45-8-R. G. Chamberlain.
Lakewood Farm-22-45-8-Fred J. Colby.
Meadowmere -- 2-45-5- Russell and Blanche Diggins.
Greenwood Farm-10-45-7-Guy Dygert.
Kishwaukee Stoek Farm-26-44-5-Ethel M. Eehternaeh.
Crystal Springs Farm-32-45-8-Elmer J. Fellows.
Lake View Farm -- 21-45-8-E. P. Flanders.
Oak Glen Farm-16-44-8-Turner Flanders.
Riverside Dairy Farm-26-45-8-Stephen H. Freund.
Twin Pine Farm-23-46-6-Roy R. Fink.
Bur Oak-30-44-7-John Ferguson.
The Gardner Farm-27-46-8-Willis II. Gardner.
Silver Crest-24-44-8-George J. Garrison.
Pleasant View-7-44-7-Christian Gasser.
Gayland Farm-22-45-5-G. A. Gay.
Pleasant Grove Farm-6-43-6-Charles Gilkerson.
Oak Ridge-17-45-8-George II. Harrison.
Oak Mound-5-45-8-George Il. Harrison. Meadow Lawn-5-45-8-Charles N. Harrison.
Three Oaks-9-45-8-Ora D. Harrison.
West View-35-45-6-Emery J. Heaton.
llermonson Dairy Farm-9-45-5-Andrew A. Hermonson.
Riverside Farm-33-44-5-G. W. ITamlin.
Inter Prairie Farm-27-43-7. Griswold Lake Farm-27-43-7-A. H. Hale.
Cloverland Farm-33-44-8-Mary L. Hale.
The Pines-20-44-8-G. H. Hillebrand.
Oak Grove Farm-36-46-7-C. C. IIunt.
Crystal Brook Farm-20-43-8-Edwin Hall Estate. Shadow Lawn-1-45-5-D. 1. Hine. Emerald Court-36-46-5-Mrs. A. J. Hoban. Cozy Nook-29-46-8-Charles F. Krohm.
Cloverdale 22-44-7-James B. Loomis. Sunny View Poultry Place-Wilber H. Levey. (In Ridgefield.) Grand View-22-46-8-Earl E. Monear. Cold Springs-12-44-7-Cora L. Mason.
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Ardmore-24-44-8-George L. Murphy. Bellevue-14-45-6-George L. Murphy. Rosedale-15-45-6-George L. Murphy. Sorek-29-45-7-George L. Murphy. Lismore-19-45-7-George L. Murphy. Carmel-32-45-7-George L. Murphy. Brookfield-7-45-7-George L. Murphy. Oakwood Farm-21-45-8-Clinton E. Martin.
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