Horse and Stock Raising 



" Well," remarked another man, " the financial 

 magnates who are always wanting to help the 

 farmer so they can rob him tell us we ought to 

 go in for butter, hogs, and poultry." 



" I came in to grow wheat," said Harry, " and 

 if I can't do that, I'm going out." 



" You'll grow plenty of wheat if you'll have 

 a little patience," said the older man with the 

 Hibernian accent ; " I've seen this sort of thing 

 in Dakota, and other places ; folks will begin 

 to get one or two beasts and manage to hold on 

 to the heifers, and by and by you'll see a fine 

 lot of stock in this country, as well as plenty 

 of wheat and other grain being grown, because, 

 don't you see, one thing helps the other. Sup- 

 pose," he went on, " we get a lot of frozen wheat, 

 same as last year, we ought to have a lot of 

 hogs coming on, and we should make as good 

 money as off a good harvest." 



" I reckon," said Fred, " the sheriff got hold 

 of a lot of them fellows down in Dakota before 

 they got to the hog stage, eh, Pat ? " 



" Oh, not so many as you might think," an- 

 swered Pat ; " there were a few dropped out, 

 of course," and went on : " You boys and one or 

 two other fellows around have got hold of some 

 nice mares, and I tell you there is money in 

 them. Here horses are selling well, and in a 



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