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gone into different parts of the western country. My selec- 

 tions were made with a view to purity of blood and animal 

 merit combined, avoiding all extremes of fancy and shunning 

 the vile influence of speculation. Believing from actual dem- 

 onstrated facts and my own observations tliat Short Horn 

 cattle had more good qualities to fit them for transforming 

 the product of the soil into human food, in the form of milk 

 and beef, at less cost than any other breed of the species born, 

 they were selected as being the most profitable to raise. 

 Berkshire swine were chosen on account of early maturity and 

 fineness in quality of flesh produced. 



I have always advocated what many term 



HIGH FEEDING, 



from the fact that I am convinced that all the improved breeds of 

 stock are the, produce of select breeding, coupled with ex- 

 tra feeding. They are tlie result of man's enterprise, and 

 nothing is due to natural origin. With time and these influ- 

 ences, a breed of any of the species of domestic animals may 

 be made to produce a defined t3'pe for any specific purposes. 

 Hence feeding and breeding for certain improved results go 

 hand in hand together. Separate them and the end in view is 

 never reached. Plenty of feed and warm stalls in the Winter 

 with rich pasture without any grain in the Summer, has enabled 

 me to keep my stock in thriving condition all the year. Avoid- 

 ing feasts or famines, they are healthy and profitable. I have 

 tried the cutting and steaming of feed for stock in Winter, but 

 have abandoned it, because the benefit does not pay for the 

 extra labor, when the cost of the grain is taken into considera- 

 tion. I grind the grain and feed it in the meal, the hny as 

 grown, and I find my stock do fully as well on a slightly 

 increased quantity. 



MY HOGS 



have warm and dry sleeping rooms, but have the liberty of an 

 open lot at all times for exercise. I feed dry corn and slops, 

 and wood and coal ashes are placed where they can get them if 

 they desire. I have raised hundreds of hogs during the last 



