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ble the farmer to exercise care in perfecting arrangements for 
keeping the increase and adapting his fields to receive them, 
getting his crops in a perfect routine of succession and pro¬ 
viding well turfed pastures and hay fields. 
Next to horned cattle, sheep must ever occupy a place upon 
the farm. A flock of fifty head is the outside limit for profit, 
with other stock. During the high price of wool large flocks 
were kept by farmers, but did not do well, while small flocks 
produced double the clip of wool per head. With sheep, more 
than with any other animal, the profit depends upon the care. 
The Cotswold, and crosses with other large breeds, will be the 
most profitable. The greatest success is obtained by farmers, 
who raise both mutton and wool. The extended work of 
Randall on sheep, and the many subdivisions under which 
their management is treated may intimidate many from keep¬ 
ing them, but small flocks, well cared for, summer and win¬ 
ter, are as little trouble as any animal on the farm. 
Hogs, in mixed husbandry, may be regarded as an adjunct 
of the corn crop. There is no society about this animal that 
makes him a favorite; he is the most satisfactory when the 
greatest hog. Where the milk is taken to the cheese factory, 
the hog must be kept on grass during the warm weather and 
allowed cooked or fermented corn meal. The farmer should 
under rather than over-estimate the number he thinks he can 
keep, as they are an expensive animal when not constantly 
improving, and without a reasonably fair market; the rapidity 
of their increase is very apt to induce him to keep more than 
can be made profitable. The same taming process should be 
applied to hogs as to cattle and sheep. They should be edu¬ 
cated never to squeal around the yard. This can be accom¬ 
plished by leaving nothing for them to desire, then they will 
never worry themselves out of propriety. 
The raising of horses has been marked by more blunders 
and greater stupidity than any other branch of mixed hus¬ 
bandry. In older countries the family of the horse has been 
watched with as much jealousy and protected with greater cer¬ 
tainty from impurity of blood than the families of the rulers 
