Corn, 14.7 bushels at TO cents a bushel |10.2a" 



Corn stover, 744 pounds at |6.00 a ton 2.25 



Wheat, 8.36 bushels at |1 a bushel 8.3(> 



Wheat straw, 897 pounds at |4 a ton 1.7J> 



Clover hay, 680 pounds at |12 a ton 4.12 



Total value 8 tons of manure |26.71> 



Total value 1 ton of manure 3.35 



He further states (Bui. 183, Ohio Experiment Station) 

 that the value of farm manure can be materially increased 

 by balancino- the manure with the addition of a carrier of 

 phosphorous. The farm manures are too high in nitrogea- 

 as compared witli the other elements. By balancing sta- 

 ble manure, the value of 8 tons was increased |12.20 after 

 deducting the cost of the material used for the balancing 

 of the manure. This is ^1.53 a ton, or when added to the 

 13.35 above, brings the total possible value of each ton of 

 manure up to .?4.88. During a feeding period of 100 days 

 each steer will produce at least 1.5 tons of manure. This 

 jirofit should be added to the feeding or direct profits. The 

 Arkansas Station (Bui. 68) made a test to determine the 

 value, to each succeeding crop, of growing peas in the corn, 

 gathering the corn and then grazing both the peas and the 

 stalks by the steers. The steers were being fed some cotton- 

 seed in addition to the grazing. As the result of this crop 

 of peas and the grazing, the succeeding cotton crop was 

 increased 626.5 pounds of seed cotton over the area where 

 corn alone had been grown. A third lot was planted to 

 corn, and the increase in corn, due to the pea crop and the 

 grazing, was 14 bushels per acre. 



A third reason why beef should be more generally pro- 

 duced in the South, is that there is a demand for it, and the 

 demand should be met in order that the money may be kept 

 at home. ''During the year of 1907 there were about 15,151 

 home raised animals slaughtered in the city of Birmingham 

 (this includes cattle, veal, hogs, sheep and kids), while 

 there were 36.097 live Western animals brought into the 

 citv and slaughtered. In addition to all this, thousanfls 



