, 1863-09-19

leges, and Nr. Funk then buys their three
flflhs, This IL generally taken Ia the field.
urhusked. 4 few average shocks are selected
by the two parties, and huaked. aud the whole
number of shocks are then counted, aud rock.
oned In buthels by the product Of the husked
oEes. The price is fixed by the average price
Of corn in the country, for eight or ten miles
afound, or at two or three cents per bushel
below tie value Of shelled corn at the nearest
market town.
The main business of the farm Is the pas
tursge aud feeding of cattle for beef. These
Eaaiu1ed for 4 season, fed with corn In the
winter, ard the next season sold to dealers
to 90 10 distant marketg--usua1ly New York
City. Mr. Funk says he finds It most profit
able to buy only the best cattle Generally,
however, he is obliged to take them in lots. In
and tmal1eraDd poorcT autmals are kcpta year
lol gcr. A few cattle are raised on the farm+
We noticed I" little bnnch" of $50 cows with
their calves The calves run with their dams,
ard bave ali the milk Only good cows are
used tor this purpose; the sires used are 81
or Z Dulhams (:hot horn; Generally, Mr..
but ss metimes, when cattle are high, aud the
fnture price Of beef quite uncertain, he takes
hundred or thousand cattle to pasture, ut
so to 50 cents each per month he keeps 400
OF 500 hogs, or just enough to eat up the
waste corn left by the cattle, TO which the
corn is fed on the stalks. He has only 500 or
1000 sheep At present, and some SOD horses
ard mu1ee. Abont 60 mule colts ara raised
each year. The breeding mares are not put
into the harness at all.
j.. Tie cattle are sorted into dro7es Of sfmilar
ages, about 200 in each drove. The pasture
fields are so arraDged as to have running VA
ter In each. The animals are sailed twice q
week; the Ealter taking two or threa barrels
upon a Watrou. drives out to the herds aod
ecatters the Ealt upon the ground, spreading
it so much that the weaker animals shall
have access to 1t. Though We nre accnstom.
ed to see three or four thousand head Of Cat
tie in the yards Oh market days, we Were much
interested in observing herd Of two OF three
the familiar call Of "po-o-o, po o-o," to re-
ceive their expected salt rations. And such
deldst 500 hundred acres In one; l 900 Ia an
other; J. 500 in another, aud $500 acres, {two
apother single 6eldl Thls is certainly
farming on large scale. As rule, we be
1eye In small farms 80 to 100 acras Is as
much as most men will or can cultivate with
the highest proi1t-but 1t fs gratifying to,
once Ii q mans life, see farm like Isaac
Funk's. Han ag1iculturist himself, one feels
that they belong to aclass which numbers
Its princes aud magnates, Mr.. Funk says ho
has done buying land- feels that ho has
enough! He has eight Sous and one daugh-
ter, and will be able to give each one a fright
smart farm. Two or three Of these ara
erecting dwellings on the estate. The father
1ctainB his simple habits and dress, is social
pies the plain farm dwelling which has bean
his homestead for twenty four years past.
He is enthusiastic in the belief that our couu-
try will be restored to its former uuity,
We etan not soon forget the pleasant day
passed on the great prairie farm.