96 THE NEW BUSINESS OF FAEMING 



ford to ship eggs often enough to meet the re- 

 quirements of the " extra fancy' ' grades. 



It is evident that live stock, under such con- 

 ditions, can be produced at a small margin of 

 profit; and it is nearly as difficult for the spe- 

 cialist in beef, pork, or dairy products to com- 

 pete with the main supply of the country as it 

 would be for the manufacturer to* attempt to 

 provide gasoline without taking into account the 

 products that come off in the same distillation. 

 The farmer who is figuring on the cost of fer- 

 tilizing his land can study with profit the fol- 

 lowing values, worked on an ante-bellum scale 

 of prices for chemicals. 



The value of the fertilizing constituents of 

 the manure made in a year per thousand pounds 

 of live weight, if purchased, would be as fol- 

 lows: 



Cow, $31.20 



Sheep, $36.84 



Pig, $64.48 



Fowls, $54.52 



If the farmer is wondering whether it is bet- 

 ter to sell his corn as grain, or convert it into 



