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use of linseed-meal. In other words, it is possible to grow protein 

 on the farm at a price much below what it will cost on the market 

 in form of some commercial protein food. 



7. Corn-stover cut immediately after the ears ripen and 

 cured in shocks possesses a value fully two-thirds as great as prai- 

 rie hay. The part usually consumed, viz., the leaves and upper 

 portion of stalk, is quite the equal of prairie hay pound for pound. 



8. The results of a single experiment, in which but little more 

 than half a full feed of corn was supplied two lots of fattening 

 steers, suggest the possibility of making larger use of hay in 

 finishing cattle for market than is ordinarily made and at less cost, 

 especially where hay is relatively low and corn high in price. 



PROFITABLE MUTTON PRODUCTION. 



(F. B. Mumford, Professor Animal Husbandry, Missouri Agricultural College, 



Columbia, Mo.) 



Mr. Chairman, Gentlemen of the Convention — Whatever other 

 good things the experiment stations have helped to do in connec- 

 tion with agriculture and agricultural operations, they have cer- 

 tainly contributed greatly to the definiteness of the operations 

 which are conducted under the name of agriculture. 



We talk of beef production and pork production and mutton 

 production now in terms of some understanding. We know within 

 certain narrow limits about how much corn, for example, is re- 

 quired to produce a pound of beef. We know that when under 

 certain conditions we feed a given amount of corn to hogs we se- 

 cure a certain amount of pork, and this is one of the most import- 

 ant results achieved. I am sure this idea has impressed itself on 

 your minds in listening to the papers and addresses that have been 

 delivered before you. 



It is not my intention to burden you with a long address nor 

 undertake to cover the smaller points of the subject which has 

 been assigned to me, but I shall, owing to the shortness of the time 

 and the magnitude of the subject, refer to only a few of the points 

 I had intended to speak about, and will try to make them as clear 

 and brief as possible. 



I take it that the fundamental problem in all our agricultural 

 operations is to try to get the largest net profit per acre, combining 

 therewith the idea, which we heard so ably discussed this morn- 

 ing, of permanency. Profitable and permanent farming must go 

 together. 



