278 WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 



farming. How often do we see farm machinery standing out 

 all the year, and we hear the owners of such property always 

 crying " Hard times." A piece of farm machinery that will 

 last five years if left out doors all the time, would invariably, 

 if housed up, last twice as long. 



LIVE WELL. 



There is no reason why a farmer should not live well. If 

 he will manage rightly he can raise nearly every thing he needs 

 at little cost. I do not believe in the motto " Live on what 

 you can not sell," in order to die rich. I think no one has a 

 better right to the best that the ground will yield than the 

 one who plants the seed. Nothing conduces to good health 

 so much as a variety of good wholesome diet. And a farmer 

 should keep his family as healthy as possible. 



I have not adhered to my text very closely ; but to sum 

 the whole matter up, my method of farming is to cultivate the 

 ground all I can before planting the crop, and to cultivate it 

 all .1 can after planting. I take as good care of my horses, 

 cattle and hogs as I know how to. I study tlie laws of nature 

 so as to diet myself in order that I may not have to lose time 

 by being sick, or lose money by having to pay a doctor's bill. 

 I leave to others to say whether I am a successful farmer or not. 



T. L. MILLER, 



BEECHEK, WILL COUNTY. 



Hereford Cattle^ Cotswold Sheep^ and Berkshire Hogs, 



HIGHLAND STOCK FARM. 



My farm of about eight hundred acres, lies in Will 

 county, and is a stock farm, used and carried on for the 

 breeding of fine stock, to wit : Hereford cattle, Cotswold 

 sheep, and Berkshire hogs. Each class is thorough-bred, and 

 is kept for breeding purposes. 



My horses have been bred on the farm from ordinary 

 mares, and from Morgan stallions. 



