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The Dawn of a New Constructive Era 



and the crop production is getting bigger each year. He is well 

 pleased with the results from the dairy and knows that the dairy 

 and the land must work together. When we consider that this 

 man started with little or no capital, on a poor farm, with no 

 buildings worth speaking of, we must realize that he has been 

 following a safe method. His method or prime object has been 

 to build up the land by the use of the dairy fertilizer, to grow 

 all the roughage for the dairy, and as much of the grain as pos- 

 sible; he has also practised rotation of crops to good advantage. 

 The results of this system is being noticed by other farmers in 

 that locality. Several are beginning to follow the same method. 

 It has been clearly shown that feed crops can be grown on the 

 hilly lands and on the cut-over lands and must be grown if the 

 farmer ever expects to make a success. He must also realize 

 that the land cannot do its best without live stock on it ; that the 

 dairy in particular will build up the land faster than can be done 

 by any other method ; also he must realize that in keeping the 

 dairy he must grow his own feed, or at least all the roughage 

 His Own Feed and as much of the grain feeds as possible. 



Last year we spent a good deal of time on the worn out 

 cotton lands of North Louisiana urging the farmers to plant 

 velvet beans. We had some difficulty to get them to try this 

 plan. Several tried velvet beans, however, and this year the 

 difficulty is to get enough seed. Some of the dairymen who did 

 not raise their own feed are going out of the business ; those who 

 raised their feed are making good. The difference between the 

 dairyman who raises his own feed and the one who buys his feed 

 is the difference between success and failure. As the prices of 

 feed stuffs advance, this difference becomes greater. It is im- 

 perative that we urge in every possible way the dairyman to 

 grow his own feed. Our whole campaign at present is "home 

 grown feed and better cows." 



To Succeed, 

 Dairyman 

 Must Raise 



