194 THE BUSINESS OF FAEMING 



combination, then, that produces stock whose in- 

 crease in fat brings the farmer a rich profit, and 

 the feeding of which gives him a maximum price 

 for the farm products he feeds them, combined 

 with a system of conserving into a rich and palat- 

 able food the by-product of the farm, the corn- 

 stalk, ought to spur the farmer to such effort that 

 he will not simply be content to conserve a part 

 of this by-product, but will so equip his farm that 

 every part and portion of this by-product will be 

 conserved into that profit making food, that not 

 only causes his cattle to wax fat and grow into 

 riches, but which also results in the production of 

 another by-product, the most valuable to the farm, 

 which, if it can be produced to the farm in large 

 quantities, would almost solve the question of 

 maintaining soil fertility. 



The modern manufacturing plant that would not 

 conserve and utilize each and every portion of a 

 valuable by-product, would be looked upon as be- 

 ing a plant twenty years behind the times. And 

 what is the farm but a modern manufacturing 

 plant that manufactures human and animal food 

 stuffs ? And why should it not conserve and util- 

 ize every portion of its by-products as well as the 

 most modern conducted business establishment? 



In the hauling of corn to market the farmer of 

 course receives pay for corn cobs, receiving the 

 same price per pound for them as he does for his 

 corn. But it occurs to the author that here is a 

 by-product that can be utilized in another and to 

 a greater profit for the farmer. Every farmer in 

 this day is or should be equipped with a gasoline 

 engine. Corn shellers are cheap and can be oper- 



