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in such a series of experiments can be made to pay a large pro- 

 portion of the expenses of the work. 



The Chairman : Are there any inquiries ? 



A Delegate: Is it necessary to stable cattle in the South? 



Mr. Rommel : Not necessarily. It is always an advantage 

 to shelter cattle in storms. I have always insisted on this : If 

 you give an animal a dry place to sleep, shelter from the storms, 

 and plenty to eat, you will get along all right through the winter- 

 time ; and all you need is a simple shelter for the cattle, as they 

 ought to have a dry place to sleep, and where they will not be 

 exposed to storms. These storms which you have down here are 

 almost as severe on the cattle as the more severe storms in the 

 more northern sections. 



A Survey of the Live Stock 

 Situation 



By Dr. Andrew M. Soule 



President of the College of Agriculture of the 

 State of Georgia 



Statistics are unpalatable to the average man. They do not 

 seem to appeal to his imagination. They are too matter of fact 

 and not sufficiently spectacular to interest him. Yet their consid- 

 eration is basic to ascertaining the true status of any business or 

 industry. The general dislike for statistics is in large measure 

 due to the difficulty of their ready assimilation. To imderstand 

 them requires careful study, and this the average farmer or busi- False Philos- 

 ness man has not been ready to bestow upon them, because like ^phy Danger- 

 the English, he has always muddled through somehow. This 

 indifference to statistics accounts in large degree for our woeful 

 lack of a proper appreciation of the true economic situation which 

 confronts us as a people. We are surprised and startled when we 

 learn that the food supply has become circumscribed and that the 

 cost of living has advanced in such an alarming manner. It has 

 been much easier in the past to follow the false reasoning and 

 "spread-eagleism" of the orator or to swallow bodily the absurd 



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