EARNING CAPACITY REQUIRES STUDY 45 



man along all lines. That best effort is called for in 

 replanning a farm for profit. The farmer who is dis- 

 satisfied with his income from the farm needs to think 

 seriously as to whether or not his farm is planned right 

 for the largest returns, remembering that good farming 

 calls for keeping up the productiveness of the farm while 

 getting maximum crops economically from the soil. 



There should be a cement cistern in connection with 

 every dairy barn, for holding the liquid manure. The 

 gutters and yard should drain into the cistern. An ordi- 

 nary pump will do for raising the liquid to a wagon tank, 

 made like an ordinary water sprinkler. It is easy to give 

 the land valuable fertilization by this inexpensive outfit. 

 This liquid may be put on the bare land or on growing 

 crops. It may be hauled to the fields early in the season, 

 or even in the winter. For garden plants, also, it has 

 great value after they have begun to grow, as well as in 

 the preparation of the soil. Few farmers in Europe allow 

 liquid manure to go to waste. 



Beef farming is attractive, both from the standpoint 

 of net returns and because it favors permanent agri- 

 culture. The practical feeder home-grows most of the 

 roughage and a considerable portion of the grain that he 

 feeds, purchasing such concentrates as cottonseed meal, 

 which has a high protein content and is an efficient pro- 

 ducer of market bloom and a fat carcass. In addition 

 to feeding all that the farm produces and deriving the 

 fertilizing value of the resultant manure, fertility is also 

 added to the farm in the form of the purchased feed- 

 stuffs. 



