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hay, half clover and lialf timothy. Ltt us see what your manure 



from this amount of gr:iin aiul fodder is worth. 



Manures from 



50 tons whcut-etraw, (a $2.GS | 134.00 



35 loiis oal-?.lraw, (<( *;2.'.M) 101.50 



30 tons c(ini-stalkt>, «/ f;j..>s 107.40 



SOtons tiiui.tliy-liav, (« #<1.43 VJ-2.'M 



30 tons clovcr-liay,"(«/ *H.64 )18\K'M 



14 tons oats (l,5(Hi bush.), (^(i $7.70 107.'50 



at tons corn (ftOO bushels;, (<t $0.(>> lo'.t.tiO 



Total . .213 tons *l,0.t2.40 



"This is the value of the manure on the land. Assuminj: tliat 

 tliore are 600 loads, and that the labor of cleaning out the stal»les, 

 piling, carting, and spreading the manure is worth ^0 cents per 

 loatl, or $lfSO, we have $'.tl'2.4U as the net value of the manure. 



" Now, your 2o0-acre farm iinght he so managed that tliis amount 

 of manure aunuall}- aj'plied would soon greatly increase its fertility. 

 But you do not think you can afford to summer-fallow, and you 

 want to raise thirty or forty acres of potatoes every year." 



" I propose to do so," he replied. " Situated as I am, close to a 

 pood shipping station, no crop pays me better. My potatoes this 

 year have averaged me over |!100 per acre." 



" Very good. But it is perfectly clear to my mind that sooner 

 or later, you must either farm slower or feed higher. And in your 

 case, situated close to a village where you can get plenty of help, 

 and with a good shipping station near by, you had better adopt 

 the latter plan. You must feed higher, and make richer manure. 

 You now feed out 213 tons of stuff, and make 600 loads of manure, 

 worth |;912.40. By feeding out one third, or 71 tons more, you can 

 more than dimhle the value of the manure. 



50 tons of bran or mill-feed would trivc manure worth % 729.50 



21 tons dccorticatcil cotton-seed cake S'^'j.OO 



?:i,314.5(; 

 " Bu3' and feed out this amount of bran and cake, and you would 

 have 800 loads of manure, worth <>n the hmd ^2,226.90, or, estimat- 

 ing as before that it cost 30 cents a load to handle it, its net value 

 would be $1,986.96." 



I am well aware that comparatively few farmers in this section 

 can afford to adopt this plan of enrichinir their land. We want 

 better stock. I do not know where I could buy a lot of steers that 

 it would pay to fatten in the winter. Those farmers who raise 

 good grade Shorthorn or Devon cattle are not the men to sell 

 them lialf-fat at low rates. They can fatten them as well as I can 

 For some time to come, the farmer who proposes to feed liberally, 



