Oliver Jackson WITNESS TESTIMONY Brown 002

QUESTION 11. Describe the land embraced in above entry by legal subdivisions, showing fully the character of same, and kind and amount of timber, if any.

[columns with headings]

Subdivision -

Acres cultivable – All

Acres timbered –

Feet timber. –

QUESTION 12. State the number of acres cultivated and kind of crop planted, each year.

ANSWER. 1913, 30 A., corn, potatoes, beans, fair crop

1914, 40 A., corn, potatoes, beans, good crop

1915, 60 A., beans corn, potatoes, alfalfa, fair crop

1916, 60 A., corn, beans, potatoes, garden fair crop

1917, 60 A., corn, beans, potatoes, no good

About 10 head of cattle, 4 horses, about 100 chickens. Cultv. On the NWSW ¼

QUESTION 13. Describe fully and in detail the amount and kind of improvements and number of acres under cultivation on each subdivision. State total value of improvements on the claim.

ANSWER. [columns with headings] Subdivision, Character of improvements.

Frame house, 20x30, 4 rooms, shingle roof: frame barn, 14x30: well, 40 Ft deep, windmill, tank and pump: frame chicken house, 12x14; granary, about 12x12: entry all fenced, 3 & 4 wires, he owns 2 ½ miles of it

Value $2500

on the NWSW ¼

Located on the SW ¼ SW ¼ as near as I can remember

QUESTION 14. Are there any indications of coal, salines, or minerals of any kind on the land? If so, describe what they are.

ANSWER. No

QUESTION 15. Have you any knowledge or information that claimant has sold or contracted to sell, optioned, mortgaged, or agreed to option or mortgage this land? If so, give full details as to whom, for what purpose and in what amount.

ANSWER. No

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