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into beef even at the rate of five pounds for one, 

 allowing his corn to cost thirty cents per bushel, and 

 his stalks three dollars per ton, it will bring the cost 

 of his beef to about four cents per pound, even with- 

 out taking the manure into account, and the profit on 

 his corn will be forty-three cents per bushel. 



But if he makes four pounds of corn (in addition 

 to the other feed) produce a pound of beef, and counts 

 his manure at its true value, then he realizes a profit 

 on his corn of ninety-five cents per bushel, and on the 

 stover of five dollars and fifty cents per ton ; which 

 is nearly the same thing as five dollars a ton for the 

 stalks and one dollar a bushel for the corn. These 

 figures, for an average profit, ought to be satisfactory. 

 Some farmers have done better ; and every man who 

 finds his profit falling much below this, has reason 

 to suspect that there is something wrong either in his 

 method of raising corn, or in his method of feeding it. 



There is probably no part of the farmer's occupa- 

 tion that requires more careful and constant attention 

 than the feeding of his stock, and none that depends 

 so much for success upon the exercise of intelligence, 

 good sense, and sound judgment. 



" Cattle feeding," as the Springfield Republican 

 very justly remarks, " is a science of trade, to be 

 studied and learned like any other. Qualities and 

 quantities are not the only things requisite in the care 

 of domestic animals. Regularity, cleanliness, com- 

 fort, and quiet repose are elements of thrift, not to be 

 lightly considered. In the application of these is 

 shown the skill of the herdsman. One man will 



