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given as to just how the field had been prepared, the kind and amount 

 of seed sown, the date, method, how the crop had been treated or cared 

 for, and in some instances the cost of the work and yields were given. 



After the reports for the year's work came in, in the fall, some re- 

 sults about like this have shown up-: 



The fifty-bushel yield of oats sold for 60 cents to 80 cents per 

 bushel for seed, and they were replaced for feed at 35 cents per bushel. 

 The soy beans were used for winter hog feed in a very satisfactory way, 

 as it eliminated the necessity of the purchase of any high priced pro- 

 tein feed. The hogs that were pastured on the rape made a pound of 

 gain with a pound of corn, thereby saving, under ordinary conditions, 

 four pounds of corn on every pound of gain. 



The corn and cowpeas fields had western lamljs turned into them, 

 with results about like this : 



September 26, purchased 140 lambs weighing 53 lbs. at $6.00 per cwt $445.00 



Freight, commission, etc 36 . 00 



Total cost on farm $481 . 00 



Freight, commission, etc., in marketing 39.00 



Total cost $520 . 00 



Fifty-seven days after purchasing they were sold at an average weight of 71 



lbs. at $6.40 630.00 



One lamb died on the farm and there was a cut on a few at St. 

 Louis. This shows that we had on a 53-day feeding operation $110.00 

 to pay for 70 bushels of corn (the estimated amount the lambs ate 

 while in the fields), the cowpeas gathered from 10-15 acres of corn, 

 interest on investment, labor, etc. 



To the practical farmer there need be no special emphasis laid on 

 the importance or value of the pasturing down of the crops by hogs 

 and lambs, as they were in these instances. This year the fields so 

 treated will tell a tale of maintained and in some cases increased 

 fertility, which will be shown in a financial way by the abundant har- 

 vests of 1912. 



At the "round-up," following the completion of the trip over the 

 farm, there was a kind of informal but enthusiastic "experience meet- 

 ing, ' ' in which many told of how they had been impressed by the day 's 

 work as developed in the first Demonstration Farm Meeting ever held, 

 and how they felt about it. Then it was seen that good seed had fallen 

 in fertile ground. The common thought was, why had not the plan of 

 holding a farmers' institute, where the lectures might be illustrated, 

 not with dull and often uninteresting maps and charts, but with living, 

 growing things, been tried before. It seemed the natural, sensible, easy 

 way. It was the Missouri way — the "show-me" way. It works! 



