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WARREN MOFFETT 

 "The third generation" 



V^\ «A.\"^' a livestock lo\cr. drc.ini 

 ^_^~^y^ ini; ahoiit hi> ideal livestock 

 CnX^ff l.irm no doubt lias painted a 

 minti picture of rich hlueurass pastures 

 beside a Houintr stream, a ulistenini; lake 

 aiul perhaps a waterfall for uood meas- 

 ure; a patch of timber where bloodeil 

 lattle and sheep can browse and rest 

 protected from the blazinj;. midsummer 

 sun: fertile fields where crowini; corn 

 and alfalta assure a bountiful supply of 

 rou^t;hai:e and fattening feeds: and a 

 beautitui white house set like a pearl 

 midst a shady lawn, stately oaks and 

 maples far from the noise and ilust of 

 passing; motorists. 



Conserved the Soil 



Near Modesto in northern Macoupin 

 county, on the historic static route from 

 ( hiiau'O to Alton, you will find such a 

 picturesc|ue old homestead where War 

 ren Motlett. his wife and their two sons. 

 Bobbie anil Jimmy are carrying' on the 

 (amilv tradition ot uood tarmini;, better 

 liNtstock and ijood living'. 



One tjeneration can't develop a tarm 

 with such beautiful surroundings and 

 hit;h state of fertiliiv as the MofFett home- 

 stcail. Vi'arren is the third generation, 

 and while he is iloini; his part, his father 

 and urandtaiher before him knew how to 

 handle land and conserve its rich re- 

 sources tor the generations to come. 



How ilo you h.ippen to have this fine 

 lake here, that waterfall, these ^'reat. 

 splendid trees .inj such wonderful blue 

 crass?" 



"Iliis earth dam. W.irren rep'ied. 

 pointint: to a bank of earth .ill but ob 

 siurcti by urass ,ind trees. is ""S vears 

 old. h was built by my uranilfather. to 

 proviile water for the cattle About Kio 

 acres drain into this pond. " 



Scvcnty-tive years later, we are le.irn- 

 int: to do the same tliini; with no bet 

 ter workmanship than this to lontrol 

 erosion, conserve runotf .iiid pro\ide 

 water for stock. Al one corner ol the 

 pond is a concrete spill-wav. still in per 

 tect condition, where the surplus rainfall 

 runs down tlirouL;h the timber and on 

 Its wav to the sea. 



Lake Is Silted 



In ~*> years. Warren o!iser\ed. the 

 ponil has accummulated five to six feet 

 of silt on its bottom despite the fact that 

 the water runs over blue i;rass pasture be- 

 fore it enters the lake. B.uk in the woods 

 where I first iaut;hl sit,'ht of Motfett with 

 his jMirebred ( cirriedale and Hampshire 

 sheep. I was greeted by a hearty. How re 

 (kor^e. haven t seen you since we \\ere 

 in Animal Husbandry "S together at L'r- 

 bana in 1V16. Happ\ memories of 20 

 years .1^0 returned and the tliou^i:ht c.ime 

 that the love of uood livestock, its care 

 and management instilled by the agricul- 

 tural colleges do bear fruit. A moment 

 later we paused beside the hut;e stump 

 of an old white oak tree. ( ut in U^S6 

 it IS estimated that this tree was JH^ yrs. 

 old. or a foot throuiih. when George 

 Washington was born 



There are M) acies of tine old timber, 

 more than "^ acres of permanent pasture 

 upwards ot 1 *>() aoes ol cultivated land 

 on the J'«) acre Motfctt farm. Lamb 

 teedint;. breedmc stixk. market hous. a 



small dairy herd, and Mrs. Motfett's 

 thrifty flock of White Rock hens pro\ide 

 the principal source ot income. 



W'e feed out the lambs from our tlock 

 ol no ewes. Warren said, also sev 

 eral decks of western lambs e.ich year. 

 We generally put them on the market fat 

 at 60 to ~0 lbs. The earliest ones go be- 

 fore l-.ister. about ^0 per cent before July 

 I. .mil the balance go in the fill L.lse- 

 where we learneil that Warren Motfett 

 consistently tops the market on his lambs 

 and hogs, is rated one of the top notch 

 lixestock breeders and feeders in western 

 Illinois. 



Hog raising is carried on with pure- 

 bred Hampshire sows, the swine sanita- 

 tion way, of course. Approximately 200 

 market hogs a year from I _' to 1 ^ sows 

 is the rule. And these thrifty, belted pigs 

 are ready for shipment weighing JIO to 

 JJ^ lbs. at six months of age. Rotated 

 alfalfa and alsike pa.stures to destroy 

 worm eggs and parasites, shelled corn, 

 tankage or meat scrap, and .soybean oil- 

 meal in self -feeders, put on gains at 

 maximum speed. The shoats are ready 

 lor shipment before the heavy price- 

 breaking runs start in October anti No- 

 \ember. 



rhrifty Hampshires 



In early summer there were MO huskv 

 young porkers from 1 2 Hampshire gilts. 

 The sows are kept for three litters, then 

 marketed. 



All livestock is sold through the 

 St. Louis Producers. And on this subject 

 Warren Motfctt is enthusiastic. A strong 

 believer in cooperative marketing, he 

 feels that the cooperative commission 

 associations offer the livestock farmer a 

 real opportunity to concentrate volume 

 increase farmers bargaining power, stabil- 

 ize prices within limits and get maximum 



QSB. 



ABOUT 200 HAMPSHIRE SHOATS A YEAR 

 "Shelled Corn. Tankage. Soybean Oil- 

 meal in Self Feeders." 



AT FARM ENTRANCE 

 "His Stock Goes There" 



CORRIEDALES AND HAMPSHIRES 

 "The lambs are fed out to 60-70 lbs.' 



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