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manent forms of agriculture and remain on their 

 land will do much to counteract this difficulty. 



WHY LIVE STOCK WILL PAY 



There are many reasons why live stock will con- 

 tinue profitable. The multiplicity of kinds and 

 methods of live stock production and the variation 



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GROUND PLAN OF HORSE BARN 



in market value both of feeds used and animals 

 involved, make it impossible to give a detailed 

 statement of just how profitable this will be. Pro- 

 fessor Mumford calls attention to a Missouri ex- 

 periment where various forage and grain crops were 

 consumed by hogs. 



The hogs used in the investigation weighed at 

 the beginning about 100 pounds each. The corn, 

 where used as a supplement to forage crops, was 

 charged against the hogs at 60 cents a bushel; the 

 gains on hogs were credited at $6 per 100 pounds. 

 Nothing was charged for labor and no credit given 



