The model farms and their methods : giving the experiences of over one hundred successful farmers in the various branches of husbandry in different portions of the country; stock raising; fruit growing; dairying; title drainage; cost and profits of mixed husbandry, etc With over one hundred illustrations and plans of buildings . s the bestfor meat producing qualities, outside of full-bloods. I first raised horses, mules, and some hogs, with but mod-erate results. I next went into breeding Short-Horns, butfound that they were not able to rough it satisfactorily. Ithen crossed this breed with th
The model farms and their methods : giving the experiences of over one hundred successful farmers in the various branches of husbandry in different portions of the country; stock raising; fruit growing; dairying; title drainage; cost and profits of mixed husbandry, etc With over one hundred illustrations and plans of buildings . s the bestfor meat producing qualities, outside of full-bloods. I first raised horses, mules, and some hogs, with but mod-erate results. I next went into breeding Short-Horns, butfound that they were not able to rough it satisfactorily. Ithen crossed this breed with the Herefords, and secured an ani-mal that I am satisfied can easily live upon grass and at thesame time give the most satisfactory results. This cross, asyearlings, have found a ready sale, by the car-load, to go to theplains. BREEDING. My experience in breeding is that the animals shouldcouple during the months of June, July, and August, therebycalving in the following March, April, and May, when themother can almost immediately go on grass, giving the bestflow of milk ; this at the same time brings the calves into bettercondition for wintering. Again, the calves, weaning soonenough, get a chance at the grass before going into Winterquarters. I feed to them, in troughs, hay, with a little corn PLAN OF FARM AND 8 DOUGLASS COUNTY, ILLINOIS. and oats in cold weather. About a month before the calvesare weaned, I have a pen made in the lot where the cows andcalves graze, with a hole in the fence large enough for thecalves to go through. In this pen I put troughs with cornand oats. The young calf, by this means, finds its way intothe pen, and learns to eat grain before weaning. I give a good,fresh pasture to the calves during their weaning, after whichthey are fed from a pint to a quart of shelled corn. Mypractice has been to put on the calf all the fat I could withthe aid of the milk from the cow. The calves stay on thegrass with their shelled corn and oats until about t
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