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is finished, I turn them into the feed yard and feed them all 

 they will eat of corn in the ear. 



CORN CRIBS. 



My cribs are so arranged that they are self-feeders ; the 

 troughs are constructed against the sides of the crib, and a 

 crack about two and a half to three inches wide, is left in the crib 

 on a level with the bottom of the troughs. This crack is 

 arranged so that it may be closed up when desired to allow the 

 steers to clean up, as we say, which is about once a week. The 

 cribs and hay sheds are arranged so as to give the steers pro- 

 tection from the storms. The main crib is one hundred and 

 forty feet long, with a shed twelve feet wide on the south side. 

 The cattle can stand at the trough and at the same time have 

 the shelter of a good roof. My hay shed joins the end of 

 this crib, the feed steers having access to one side, and the 

 stock cattle to the other. My feed yard is connected with an 

 artificial grove by a tunnel passing under the main wagon road. 

 This grove is situated on a southern hillside, thus giving the 

 cattle apiple room and good protection from the storms. 



HOGS. 



Of the several good breeds of hogs I prefer the Berkshire, 

 and I believe them particularly well adapted for following cattle. 

 They are more industrious, and in consequence of their lively 

 habits, are less liable to contract the various diseases that swine 

 of late years are heir to. I have twenty-five acres of blue grass 

 fenced with a hog-proof fence, where I keep my sows and pigs 

 during the Winter. My hog house is in this pasture. A Aveek 

 or so before the sow farrows, I put her into a stall by herself, 

 where I let her remain until her pigs are about three weeks 

 old. Then I turn them into pasture with my other sows and 

 pigs of the same age, where they all have plenty of exercise 

 and pure water. When the pigs are two months old they are 

 put into a small lot with comfortable sleeping quarters, until 

 they are weaned. They are then turned out into the pasture 

 again, and a small lot arranged so that only the pigs can get in» 

 where I give them extra feed. This is my plan for Winter 



