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covered with rough boards sloping to the north, so that it will 

 have the benefit of the sun to the south, and having a five-foot 

 lane in front. I divide this shed into stalls, each five feet in 

 size, and having a gate, so that when a gate is open, the lane 

 Is closed. By means of a pen at one end, I can drive a hog 

 into any stall tliat I desire. A few days before the time for the 

 sows to pig, I put one of them in each of these stalls bedded 

 with clean straw. They are thus almost sure to save their 

 pigs. I keep the stalls clean, disinfecting occasionally with air- 

 slacked lime. When the pigs are about two weeks old, I let 

 them all run together as they will grow faster with exercise, 

 and slop them daily until I begin feeding hogs in August. In 

 all cases I provide a comfortable sleeping place for my hogs, 

 as well as a good place to feed. 



CATTLE. 



I keep only enough cattle to consume the roughness of the 

 farm, always have a straw stack to which they can have access 

 for shelter during Winter, and feed them well in the Spring, 

 fattening on grass. I also keep a sufficient number of cows to 

 supply us abundantly with milk and butter. 



ROTATION OF CROPS. 



My constant aim is to keep my land in a high state of 

 cultivation, by hauling all the manure that can be gathered on 

 the farm, twice a year, scattering it in the Fall en the wheat 

 land, on corn ground in the Spring ; and by pursuing a system 

 of mixed husbandry. Of my fai'ui entire I have one 

 hundred and fifty in corn, ninety in wheat, sixty in oats, and . 

 the remainder in pasture and meadow. I never run land in 

 corn more than three 3'cars in succession, then follow with oats, 

 wheat, and clover ; the latter of which is one of the greatest 

 fertilizers in the world. 



My wife superintends the household, the garden, and the 

 poultr}', always holding herself responsible for a good meal. 

 Economy in the house, as well as on the farm, is one of the 

 secrets of success ; almost any farmer can make money but not 

 every one can save it. 



