490 CHEROKEE COUNTY, IOWA. 



Put cost of stallion as part of value of 



colt, - - - - $10 00 



Colt when foaled, - - - 10 00 



Cost of herding three years, - - 10 00 



Wintering three years, - - 30 00 



160 00 

 Net profit over cost, twenty dollars ; besides one season's 



^«^"^- HOGS. 



The cost of hog raising varies according to the supply of corn 

 and the price it brings. The price of hogs here generally averages 

 two and one-half to three dollars per hundred pounds, and it is 

 supposed that a person realizes about thirty cents per bushel 

 for corn fed to hogs when they sell for three dollars per hun- 

 dred. With good care they are marketable at from nine to 

 twelve months old. 



I consider the Poland China hogs best, as they do very 

 well for market as early as nine or ten months old, and can 

 often be made to weigh five hundred pounds in eighteen 

 months. A large proportion of the hogs in this section are 

 shipped alive to Chicago. 



Sheep have not been raised on this farm as yet, as the 

 industry would not pay unless with a large flock, which 

 would have to be herded on the prairie, on account of the lack 

 of fences. 



GRAIN. 



In 1875 I raised from one hundred acres, fifteen hundred 

 bushels of wheat, worth $1,200. 



Cost of Seed, ----- 

 " Plowing, ----- 

 " Seeding, . _ _ . 

 " Harrowing, - - - - 

 " Harvesting, at $2.00 per acre, 

 " Stacking, - _ _ _' 

 " Threshing, at 10 cents per bu., 

 " Marketing, _ - - - 

 Total, $730 00 



