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take too much exorcise, and thus waste both muscle 

 and fat. This plan, of course, cannot be pursued 

 when cattle run on pasture while fattening. 



HOGS. 



These are the most neglected of all domestic 

 animals in the Southern States. Many a poor hog 

 never knows what it is to enjoy a comfortable shelter 

 during the whole of his precarious existence. There 

 is scarcely any animal more sensitive to the extremes 

 of heat and cold. We see at once the importance of 

 having them provided with a comfortable shelter 

 against the hot suns of summer, and the cold winds 

 of winter. 



HABITS. 



Bad fences are the cause of bad habits ; good fences 

 are sometimes the cure, but always the preventive. 

 Good enclosures are economical. Almost every 

 rickety fence on a farm is the cause of more loss of 

 time and crops, in a few years, than would build a 

 new, substantial fence. If your fences are always 

 kept in good order, your stock will never learn bad 

 habits. 



CHAPTER XXII. 



CONCLUSION TO TART FIRST. 



The life of the farmer, like that of men in otner 

 pursuits, must have its toil's, its trials, its perplexities, 

 and its disappointments; but it has, at the same time, 



