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bles are necessary to the well doing of stock. Of course, not all 

 our old barns can be made into models at once, but a few dollars 

 spent in battens will do a great deal toward saving the feed bill 

 and a little white wash, containing some chloride of lime, spread 

 over the stables some rainy day, will do much to make the stable 

 light, and to desitroy any lice that may be in the cracks waiting to 

 make some calf or colt uncomfortable all winter. In short, any- 

 thing we can do to make our stock comfortable, healthy, and thrifty, 

 makes for success. 



We will consider one other inducement which the Pennsylvania 

 farmer has to raise pure bred stock. It costs no more to raise a 

 registered animal than it does to raise a scrub or a grade. Other 

 things being equal, a pure bred animal is just as good as, and in most 

 cases better, as a wool, meat, or milk producer, than a grade or a 

 native. A pure bred is much more reliable as a breeder, and, in 

 many cases, a young pure bred will bring twice as much money as 

 a native or a grade for a breeder. Whatever it brings above the 

 price of a grade is, of course, clear gain to the producer. Not very 

 long ago, I saw a breeder sell his herd of cattle, which, with a few 

 exceptions, he had bred himself, for .f 22, 000; an average of |216 

 per head for old and young. Last spring a breeder in the west sold 

 his herd of cattle for |47,000; and there are scores of breeders who 

 regularly sell thousands of dollars worth of pure bred stock of their 

 own raising each year. Some whom I know personally are gather- 

 ing a moderate fortune in this way. Furthermore, by breeding fine 

 pure bred stock, one can, by exhibiting at the large fairs, not only 

 advertise his stock, but can also win considerably more than enough 

 to pay his expenses. I am acquainted with some breeders in this 

 State who annually win from |500 to $750 more than expenses in 

 this way. I believe there is no surer way for a young man, with 

 reasonable business ability and a fair education, to succeed, from a 

 financial point of view, than by building up a herd of pure blooded 

 cattle. 



In view of the facts which have been presented, it seems to me 

 that all the farmers of I'eunsylvania ought to rise up and push the 

 "scrub" off their farms and in his place, substitute the animal that 

 will pay for his keep and yield a good rate of interest besides. A 

 little care and forethought will enable anyone to do this, and when 

 it is done, Pennsylvania farmers will enter an era of unprecedented 

 prosperity. 



