Y62 JENNINGS COUNTY, INDIANA. 



horse wagons, one carriage, and one buggy. I usually keep 

 from thirty to sixty steers and heifers, besides milch cows. 



HOGS. 



I always keep from forty to seventy hogs. I do not kesD 

 sheep, as dogs are so destructive. 



I keep stock principally to use up such food on the farm 

 as I can not sell to advantage. I do not consider stock raising 

 very profitable, unless the very best blooded animals are 

 raised. I aim to feed all of my grain out on the farm, except- 

 ing wheat, and make all of the manure I possibly can ; and I 

 buy all the manure I can, and put it on top of the ground. 



HORSES. 



I find that the best horses are our common, largest mares, 

 bred to the best fast-trotting stock. These make the best 

 horses for general farm work, as they will plow all day and 

 kick up their heels at night, and also make splendid roadsters. 

 I have several that can travel from six to ten miles an hour 

 without much fatigue, but I use mules for slow, constant work. 

 I want my horses to weigh from twelve to fourteen hundred 

 pounds each, and mules not less than 1,000 pounds. 



CATTLE. 



I regard the Short-Horn as being altogether the best for 

 beef, and many of them make splendid milkers. 



POLAND CHINA HOGS. 



I have raised all of the leading breeds of hogs for many 

 years, but I give the preference to the Poland China, as they 

 make the largest hog with the same amount of food. I sell 

 most of my hogs on foot. 



I buy my steers in the Spring, and pasture them till Fall, 

 and then sell them at the Cincinnati market. I keep a suffi- 

 cient number to eat up the straw, and feed some corn in the 

 Spring, but do not rely on stock or grain raising as my principal 

 source of making money. There is too much cost and risk to 

 pay well. 



