550 WABASHA COUNTY, MINNESOTA. 



that on the twentieth of June, when ready to cut, a man with- 

 out experience woukl despair of ever seeing any timothy from 

 the sowing. I have made from such a sowing a clear crop of 

 young clover which I cut and put in the barn. Then I let the 

 clover grow for seed, harvesting the crop about the time that hard 

 frosts appear in the Fall. Now you may bid good-by to that 

 seeding of clover, but next Spring the timothy will come out 

 ahead, and I am sure of a ton and a half or two tons to the 

 acre. After this crop is secured, I plow the ground again in 

 the Fall, and it is ready for corn in the Spring, after which the 

 small grains are sown as most convenient. 



HOGS. 



I have best success with the Berkshires, which I have bred 

 almost exclusivolv for seven years. I have thought it more 

 profitable to have pigs come rather late in Spring, or before the 

 first of July. I give them a good start on milk, green peas, 

 and soft corn. I Winter them in a big straw-stack, in which 

 tliev will make their own shelter and bed. I do not believe it 

 will pay to try to make them grow much during the Winter. 

 In the Spring I give them a good run in clover, with plenty of 

 water, and very little else until the green peas are ready. 

 These I have growing near the pasture and commence feeding 

 vines and all, about the time the peas become fit for the table. 



When the peas are used up, green corn is ready, which I 

 furnish them from this time on, increasing the quantity as it 

 ripens, so as to finish fattening about the first of October. 

 Then I watch my chances for the first market. 



CATTLE. 



I have not had the best of luck in raising beef cattle. I 

 raised some good grade Durbams, but they invariably cost me 

 more than I could sell them for for beef. I may possibly try 

 it again some time. 



I sold my Durhams and bought a few Jerseys. I have 

 been breeding these for three years, and have found ready sale 

 so far for surplus stock. I am well pleased with tlie cows for 

 dairy use ; in fact, would rather have for use on a piairie farm 



