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treated if I were a horse. A man is well rewarded for taking 

 good care of a horse. There is no more need of having a sick 

 horse than there is of being sick one's self. Unless we violate 

 some of the laws of nature we will scarcely ever be sick. And 

 unless a horse is forced by mistreatment or neglect to violate 

 some law of nature he will seldom be sick. 



The same rule holds good with cattle. With good shelter 

 and half feed, cattle will come out of Winter quarters in bet- 

 ter condition than with full feed and no shelter. It pays to boil 

 the food for cattle. Regularity in the care of cows pays well. 

 My experience and observation have taught me that when a 

 cow is milked at four o'clock one day and six the next, or one 

 person milks her one day and another the next, she will not 

 give so much milk, nor will she yield milk as long as if one 

 person milks and attends to the milking at regular periods. 



I know pedigree has a great deal to do in cattle, and it 

 is a pity that more of our farmers in this section will not come 

 to that conclusion, and put it into practice, trying to improve 

 their breeds. I never was in a section of country where the 

 farmers, as a rule, took so little care of cattle as they do in this. 

 It is no wonder that the cattle here are called " scrubs," for 

 most of them are treated badly enough to make scrubs out of 

 any thing. 



In the matter of hogs I can not say that I think pedigree 

 has so much to do in making a fine animal. I will except the old- 

 fashioned long-nosed hazel-splitters. My experience is that if 

 you have a good big corn crib and it is well filled, it is not 

 much trouble to have nice hogs. My remedy for hog cholera 

 is to turn the hog upon his back and give him about one-third 

 or one-half tea cup full of coal oil. It is not an infallible cure 

 perhaps, but I never saw it fail ! 



The most important step toward making a successful farmer, 

 is to take care of what is made. It matters not how much a 

 farmer may make if he does not save it. 



CARE OF TOOLS. 



Taking care of tools is another essential towards good 



