BARNS AND SHEDS. 123 



SAMUEL T. K. PRIME, 



DWIGHT, LIVINGSTON COUNTY. 



Some of My Methods — Management of Hogs — A Small Flock of 

 Sheep and Their Profit — What Tiling has Bone for Me. 



BERTHOLLY HOME 



stock farm is situated one mile southwest of Dwight, on the 

 Chicago & Alton Railroad. It consists of 246 acres, and is 

 divided as follows : In pasturage and meadow, 80 acres ; the 

 grounds around the homestead occupy 24 acres, and the re- 

 mainder of the farm is devoted to corn and grain. The main 

 idea of the farm is to feed upon the place all the grain that is 

 raised. While there is no purpose to run to any one specialt}^ 

 yet hogs and sheep are the principal stock raised, in connection 

 with a few cattle. The farm represents the idea of mixed 

 husbandry. I give the facts as they have developed themselves 

 during the past few years. 



I look upon all my stock as just so many boilers for the 

 conversion of grain into pork, beef and mutton. Therefore, 

 the first essential is to have cheap fuel and plenty of water to 

 run the boilers. 



MY BARNS AND SHEDS, 



as will be seen by the plans, are all connected. My feed of 

 all kinds, hay, corn meal and corn fodder, I keep under cover. 

 The farmer does all his *' chores " without exposure to the 

 weather. The horses, the cattle, the sheep and the hogs are 

 all fed off boards. No food of any kind is wasted. What one 

 animal refuses another one will eat. Man, food and beast 

 are all under cover. There is enough grass and hay wasted 

 every Winter in the mud to give every farmer in Illinois a 

 copy of The Model Farms free. 



THE PIG PEN 



forms a very important feature in my methods, and if I have 

 a weakness I think it runs in that direction. The lumber I 



