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animals. Feed those millions of tons of cottonseed 

 meal in southern feed lots and return to the south- 

 ern soil which produced it the millions of tons of 

 soil fertility contained in it. Raise hogs, cattle, 

 mules and sheep. They will represent so much 

 clear profit. Return to the soil all the manure pro- 

 duced by these animals, and in addition occasion- 

 ally plow under a good heavy growth of clover. 

 Work into the soil all the organic matter which it 

 can take care of. Southern soils must be built up 

 and maintained. There is no new land to be opened 

 when this wears out. Place soil maintenance upon 

 a rational and scientific basis with a well-defined 

 rotation of crops, with extensive live stock pro- 

 duction as the balancing factor and connecting link 

 between rotation and permanent fertility, and the 

 South will present a condition of agricultural pros- 

 perity which has never been equaled by northern 

 localities less favored by natural conditions. 



