COLLEGE AND STATE 



pasture experiments in which different 

 mixtures and treatments are used and in 

 which the results are measured by pastur- 

 ing each area separately. Both of these 

 lines of work would soon require a larger 

 number of persons working on them, if the 

 situation were met adequately. 



There is no point in developing meadows 

 and pastures unless live-stock is produced 

 to consume the crop. In fact, the pos- 

 sibility of developing them depends to a 

 great extent on the animals themselves. 

 The northeastern states need to give new 

 and greater attention to the general live- 

 stock interests, not only for the profit that 

 may come from the stock itself, but also 

 that better forms of diversified agriculture 

 may be established and that fertility of 

 lands may be maintained. When the fun- 

 damental crop is by nature grass, a highly 

 developed animal husbandry must be a 

 necessary part of the agriculture. Such 

 crops and such plans of farm management 

 must be encouraged as will make it pos- 

 sible to feed the live- stock profitably. The 

 East has lost its supremacy in sheep. In 

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