98 THE NEW BUSINESS OF FAEMING 



and hay, and gives no attention to the soil, he is 

 sure to get into trouble sooner or later. But 

 there are many ways of keeping up fertility. 

 The question is which way pays best. p p 



In our study of the business of farming this 

 is the one point for us to consider — ' ' which way 

 pays best." Not alone in the immediate pres- 

 ent, but taking account of the future and care- 

 fully balancing the demands of to-day and to- 

 morrow. 



As a rule it may be stated that the sale of 

 crops is more directly profitable than the using 

 of them for feed on the place. In part this is 

 because one sells the higher-grade stuff and in 

 part because one draws on the bank account in 

 farm f ertilty when selling crops instead of dis- 

 posing of animal products. 



If the farmer raises only live stock, his ani- 

 mals are competing with those fed only on low- 

 grade feeds, while his consume both grades. If 

 he raises only crops, he is throwing away the 

 low-grade produce, which might be producing 

 low-cost live stock. A proper balancing of live 

 stock and crops is the proper farm management. 



