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less. Our yield per acre is, on high prairie, from ten to forty 

 bushels, averaging from fifteen to twenty. Price averages from 

 65 cents to $1.20 per bushel. 



Plowing per acre - - - - f 1 00 



Drag:2jincj three times at 20 cents - - 60 



Drilling per acre _ _ . _ - 30 

 Seed, say one and one-fourth bu., - - 1 00 

 Heading and stacking per acre - - - 1 25 

 Threshers, finding all at 7 cents per bushel, 



about --- - - -105 



Total cost per acre - - - $5 25 

 Yield per acre average 15 bush, at $1.00 $15 00 



Net profit $ 9 75 



The above statement is only an ordinary yield. With 

 careful culture and a good season, thirty bushels can be raised 

 per acre with about the above cost and more than double profit. 



HORSES. 



In my experience, the best horse for general farm use is a 

 cross between the trotters and some of our heavy draft horses, 

 the first giving style and activity, and the latter giving size 

 and strength. 



CATTLE. 



For beef I prefer the noble Short-Horns of the Western 

 Reserve. 



HOGS. 



These, according to my way of thinking, are a cross of 

 Poland China and Berkshire. 



The best way to make money on stock is to keep none but 

 the best breeds, and feed liberally all the time. Early maturity 

 is the road to success. Two pounds of flesh can be laid on the 

 yearling calf with the same amount of food that it would take 

 to put one pound on the three year old. 



BEST FOOD FOR FATTENING. 



I use oil cake and Indian corn, but the best rough feed for 



