36 JERSEY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 



price. Therefore I claim corn is king in the State of Illinois 

 for the working farmer. 



IN BREEDING SHORT HORN CATTLE 



and grades, there is a great source of profit if properly done. 

 I do not believe in feeding Short Horns for " show animals," 

 and calling them breeders. I keep my breeding animals in good 

 growing condition. I let the calves run with the cows for four 

 months and then wean them. I feed corn meal and wheat 

 shorts with some hay and corn-fodder. At from nine to twelve 

 months old they are ready for market as breeders. The bulls 

 readily command $100 each. I never sell my heifer calves. 

 If they are not good breeders, I have them spayed and run into 

 beef. I find in crossing the Short Horns with the high grades 

 and scrubs the greatest results. The cross makes well formed 

 animals, and at the age of three years will weigh from 1,400 to 

 1,600 lbs., and this by feeding the roughness of the farm with 

 a small amount of grain. 



* DAIRY COWS. 



I keep thirty cows for the dairy and breeding purposes. 

 I raise all the calves. Let them run with the cow two weeks, 

 then take them off and feed on skim-milk and corn-meal and 

 shorts, with pasture in the Summer, and hay or corn-fodder in 

 the Winter. My cows average 170 lbs. of butter each. 

 30 cows, 170 lbs. of butter =5,100 lbs. at 25c. $1,275 00 

 30 calves at 120 .-.-.- 600 00 



$1,875 00 

 In Summer my cows run on good blue grass clover and 

 timothy pasture. No grain fed in Summer. In Winter I feed 

 corn meal and wheat bran. Four quarts to each cow with an 

 allowance of hay and corn fodder. My cows are all well kept 

 in a warm stable in stalls, with chain around the neck. I 

 churn with power. 



BREEDING AND RAISING HORSES. 



I use well bred mares and a high bred stallion to get good 

 roadsters. I keep three mares for this purpose. I do not 



