46 VERMILLION COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 



yards from tlie liouse, and will furnish a good supply of ice 

 made from pure water for Summer use. 



BUILDINGS. 



The barn is 36x56 feet, outside posts sixteen feet, " siding 

 dressed and painted. The barn is divided into stalls for cattle 

 and horses, with sufficient cribs and granaries. 



The carriage house .and tool house is 16x27 feet, siding 12 

 feet, undressed and whitewashed. 



The hog house is an old building 20x40 feet, and is divid- 

 ed off into sleeping a.partments and feeding floor. The sleep- 

 ing apartments are used for breeding sows when farrowing in 

 early Spring. The hogs are bedded with straw, and the pens 

 cleaned out and beds renewed every five or six days. 



HOUSES. 



A sufficient number of horses are kept to do the farm 

 work, and a few surplus ones are raised. The brood mares are 

 from quarter to half of the turf or thoroughbred blood, and are 

 crossed with the heavier breeds. The thoroughbred blood 

 gives a symmetrical form, clean limbs, good action, and great 

 pow&r of endurance, while the larger breed gives size. This 

 cross almost invariably produces a good general work horse, 

 good for the plow, the saddle or the road, and commands a 

 fair price in the market. 



CATTLE. 



The cattle are thoroughbred Short Horns, and high grades, 

 and are kept for the purpose for which cattle were intended, 

 beef and milk. The cows with me are as good milkers as the 

 ordinary breed, when dry fat readily, and when desired no 

 longer for other purposes, bring a good price for beef. My 

 experience is that thoroughbreds and high grades make more 

 pounds to a given quantity of feed than the common breeds ; 

 and when sold command a higher price. While common 

 breeds will but little more than pay for their keep, the 

 good blooded cattle will yield a handsome profit. It requires 

 but a small additional outlay, to stock a farm with good cattle. 



