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or fifteen inches tall, put one hundred or two hundred 

 pounds to the acre in drills near the plants. 



Relation of Stock to the Cotton Crop. On many farms 

 much of the money for which the cotton is sold in the fall 

 has to go to pay for the commercial fertilizer used in grow- 

 ing the crop. Should not this fact suggest efforts to raise 

 just as good crops without having to buy so much ferti- 

 lizer ? Is there any way by which this can be done ? The 

 following suggestions may be helpful. Raise enough stock 



FIG. 148. THE SQUARE BALE AND THE ROUND BALE 



to use all the cotton seed grown on the farm. To go with 

 the food made from the seed, grow on the farm pea-vine 

 hay, clover, alfalfa, and other nitrogen-gathering crops. This 



can be done with small cost. What will be the result ? 







First, to say nothing of the money made from the 

 cattle, the large quantity of stable manure saved will largely 

 reduce the amount of commercial fertilizer needed. The 

 cotton farmer cannot afford to neglect cattle raising. The 

 cattle sections of the country are making the greatest 

 progress in agriculture. 



