HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



Suppose a tobacco farmer could raise 

 60 tons of silage and buy or raise 6 tons 

 of hay to be fed to steers over a five 

 months period. How many animals 

 would he need, how much cottonseed meal 

 or other supplement would be required, 

 and how much manure could he expect to 

 get? 



Well grown feeder steers would take a 

 daily ration of 4U pounds silage, 4 pounds 

 hay and 3 pounds cottonseed meal. It 

 would therefore require 20 animals to use 

 up the feed on hand and 41 tons of cot- 

 tonseed to supplement the hay and silage. 



Results of experiments would indicate 

 that a gain of 13 pounds per steer pei- 

 day might be realized. 



The manure secured would be from 70 

 to 100 tons, depending upon how much 

 bedding was used to keep the animals 

 clean and to absorb the liquid manure. 



The cost of the manure then, would de- 

 pend upon how favorable a comparison 

 there would be between the increased 

 value of the animals at the end of the 

 period, and the expenses represented by 

 cost of bedding, cost of feed used, and 

 cost of buying and marketing the steers. ! 



Selling 



This is very important and may call 

 for co-operative effort. Local buyers 

 may however pay a price equal to that at 

 a city market, considering the additional 

 cost of shipping, yardage, commissions, 

 etc. 



The Jersey city market recognizes 

 quality more than does the Boston mar- 

 ket. The freight rate on carload lots is 

 only slightly greater to Jersey City. 



If animals are well enough finished as 

 to bring a margin over their co.st as 

 feeders, this margin will help materially 

 in reducing the net cost of feed. 



Conclusions 



1. While chances for profit are small 

 there is a possibility of securing manure 

 at a relatively low cost. 



2. The system of full grain feeding is 

 obviously unfitted to conditions here. 



3. Regardless of the system of feed- 

 ing, liberal feeding must be practiced, 

 otherwise the animals will be but little 

 more than maintained, and the slight 

 gains will come at great cost, and an 

 animal produced which is scarcely fit to 

 market. 



4. Especial attention in buying must 

 be given to cost, weight and age of 

 animals. In buying from the west, com- 

 mission firms can usually be trusted to 

 supply the kind wanted. 



5. With a good supply of hay and well 

 matured silage, the only purchased feed 

 may be cottonseed or linseed meal. 



6. In marketing, animals should be , 

 .sent in carload lots to the nearest good 

 market, unless there is a good local out- 

 let. C. J. Fawcett, M. A. C. 



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The Smith's Agricultural School 



has a modern 



Automobile Department 



Boys work on all of the leading makes of cars. They begin on truing 

 up, adjusting and lining brakes, grinding valves and proceed to the more 

 difficult and technical electrical work of ignition, lighting, starting and 

 battery work. 



The School has a new machine shop in which 2nd and 3rd year boys 

 are given those parts of the machine trade that good auto repair men 

 have to have. 



Besides shop work, the students are trained in mechanical drawing 

 and blueprint reading, general science, fundamentals in mathematics, 

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 citizenship, economic and social problems. 



It is necessary to register early for only a limited number can enter 

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