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plished than otherwise is possible. If one has not the means to start 

 on so extensive a scale, then the door is still open, and with small 

 flocks he may lay the foundation for future prosperity. Viewed in 

 any light the path opens in this direction where, by combining the 

 trees and flocks, the problem of to-day may in a large measure be 

 solved. 



If you cannot buy a farm, go up into Franklin county and pur- 

 chase ten acres of cheap land, which can be secured for from three 

 to five dollars an acre. Buy one hundred trees, and build a single 

 poultr}' house. Start on an inexpensive scale and grow into the 

 business as 3'ou come into a knowledge of the controlling conditions. 

 In ten years' time you will have established a good business, while 

 the acres in bearing trees will sell for from $300 to $500 an acre. 

 The solution of the vexed questions of to-day lies in the door-yard, 

 barns or barnyards, in the wastes about the farms, and in the little 

 things too often overlooked. Let your eyes fall on the little objects 

 we have been stumbling over, and, utilizing these, and the cheap 

 lands, the greater prosperity of the State, and also the individual, 

 will be secured. 



INEXPENSIVE SOUECES OF FERTILITY— SWINE. 



By Professor J. O. Winslow, St. Albans. 



The pig is not the least valuable of the animals about the farm. 

 He is'able to convert a given amount of food into fat in a very short 

 time. Pigs should not be kept long enough to be called hogs. Dur- 

 ing^the first three months we find the greater profit. The unwise 

 practice of keeping shoates through the winter cannot be too 

 severely condemned. Pig growing, to be profitable, calls for care 

 and attention. The materials necessary to build a body must all be 

 supplied. In a native state he roams at large, and the most simple 

 and practical wa}^ for those with orchards, is to fence and stock with 

 pig enough to subdue the grass and work up the turf. At the same 

 time the pigs will fertilize. In the soil, the injurious insects hide, 

 and these are rapidly taken care of by the pigs. A couple strands 

 of barbed wire, with a board at the top, will suffice to restain them. 

 When fattening time comes, place them in small pens and force rap- 

 idly for the market. The orchard is the best place to be found for 

 the breeding sows. The farmer who follows this line will find 

 profit from the pigs in the orchard. 



