70 THE NEW BUSINESS OF FAKMING 



grain to live stock on the place. Pigs trans- 

 form corn into pork and at the same time con- 

 dense it. One pound of pork represents five to 

 six pounds of corn. But the freight rate on 

 pork is approximately only twice that on corn, 

 so the rate per pound of corn as represented in 

 pork is reduced to one-third what it would be 

 if shipped in its original shape. 



Again, if the corn is sold as grain, the fer- 

 tility of the farm will decrease, and the yield 

 per acre be less than if it is fed to live stock. 

 If a field will produce 30 bushels of corn with- 

 out manure and this corn is sold at 70 cents, the 

 gross return will be $21.00. But if the same 

 field, fertilized by having all the corn fed to live 

 stock and the manure returned to the ground, 

 can produce 80 bushels, this corn can be fed to 

 live stock at a price of only 40 cents and yet 

 the gross return will be $32.00. 



Uncle David Enoch was right when he said, 

 1 ' I get the profit in two ways when I feed stock 

 — the profit on my stock and the enrichment of 

 my farm." 



If he thus builds up the fertility of his land 



