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increases yields Rational agriculture based upon 

 live stock means an affluent agricultural East 

 Haphazard methods must go. 



CHAPTER IV. 

 SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE NEEDS FARM ANIMALS 41 



The one-crop idea in the South Why old fields 

 were abandoned Present acre production low in 

 many instances Readjustment of southern agri- 

 culture in progress Possibilities for live stock farm- 

 ing in South Best forage crops thrive Cottonseed 

 furnishes unexcelled concentrates The South should 

 produce meat Cattle and hogs thrive and are pro- 

 lific in southern meadows The South should grow 

 its own work stock Wonderful land for legumes 

 These will furnish forage and soil nitrogen In- 

 creased fertility will produce more cotton and 

 tobacco than before, and animal products in addi- 

 tion The South buys too much foodstuff, should 

 produce it at home A rebirth of southern agricul- 

 ture with live stock a balancing factor. 



CHAPTER V. 

 LET THE WEST HEED THE WARNING 57 



Numerous evidences of waning productivity Un- 

 intelligent cropping showing its effect upon lands 

 of nation's granary Lowered fertility contempo- 

 raneous with lessened stock production Shipping 

 away vast quantities of corn and hay bad economy 

 Can live stock pay on $200 land? More sheep 

 and hogs More clover, alfalfa and cowpeas More 

 nitrogen in soil Larger crops Plenty of feed 

 More meat animals and more manure Restore the 

 humus and build up the soil Corn, cattle and 

 clovers the tripod supporting western farms. 



CHAPTER VI. 

 DOES LIVE STOCK PAY ? 68 



All live stock is not profitable Four dairy cows to 

 do the work of two not profitable Scrub stock 

 must go from valuable land Scrub dairy animals 

 do not pay board Inferior meat animals cannot 

 utilize feed economically How to weed out the 

 scrubs Test the dairy stock Select breeding ani- 



