. The Southern planter. way with aview to having all stock in perfectly natural condi-tions. Jlr. Davis believes that this is the wayto raise healthy, visorous and useful stock and heis right. His operations, while on a splendid scale,are an exci^llont nbiont Inssnii inasmuch ns thev can be duplicated on practically everj- farm in Vir-ginia. It is not so much the money he is spending,but the practical use he is making out of the ma-terial he has at hand. Another instance of thisis the fact that whenever he gets his farm workwell in hand, he puts his men at road-building. Atthe rate he is
. The Southern planter. way with aview to having all stock in perfectly natural condi-tions. Jlr. Davis believes that this is the wayto raise healthy, visorous and useful stock and heis right. His operations, while on a splendid scale,are an exci^llont nbiont Inssnii inasmuch ns thev can be duplicated on practically everj- farm in Vir-ginia. It is not so much the money he is spending,but the practical use he is making out of the ma-terial he has at hand. Another instance of thisis the fact that whenever he gets his farm workwell in hand, he puts his men at road-building. Atthe rate he is , it will not be long eremacadam roads will intersect the entire estate. !]ofore going into pure-bred stock raising, studied the merits of the various breeds andfinally settled upon Guernsey Cattle. Large WhiteYorkshire Hogs and Dorseit Horned Sheep, andincidentally, Pereheron Horses. His Guernsey herdhas been recently augmented by a direct importa-tion of some fiftv-one head and now numbers about. Interior View of a Cow Barn. lOOfi.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 719
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