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it is in the corn belt, while in reality much of the southern land, due 

 to the long growing season and the heavy production of crops, is 

 capable of carrying much more stock than could be carried upon an 

 equal northern area. 



Not only can stock be grown in this section of the country, 

 but there is every opportunity to finish steers for the market. Corn 

 properly tended does quite as well as it does further north. Cot- 

 tonseed meal of course is cheap and readily available. Conse- 

 quently, with corn, cottonseed meal, and a variety of legumes 

 available, the southern cattle feeder has all the feeds that the corn- 

 belt cattle feeder could desire for finishing cattle. There seems 

 to be no logical excuse for the South not to furnish meat for the 

 people within its limits, altho at present large amounts of high- 

 priced meat products are received from the northern states. 



