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digest it to advantage and manufacture therefrom some food sub- 

 stance of value to the owner and to the human race. We must 

 come to understand that animals are just as individualistic as hu- 

 man beings and we must get rid of the low-grade stock we pos- 

 sess if we are to be successful and prosperous as live stock farmers. 



The importance of this matter is illustrated in the following 

 table, which shows the average value of different classes of farm 

 animals in Georgia, in the United States, and in the states where 

 the particular class of animals have attained the highest value. 

 Georgia figures have been used because of the readiness with 

 which they may be applied to the conditions prevailing in the 

 other Southern states concerned : 



Scrub Stock 

 Mast Go 



Average Value of Live Stock. 



Dairy cows in Georgia are worth on an average $37.00 apiece; 



in Rhode Island $77.00; and in the United States $59.66. In 



Nebraska they are worth $68.00, and in Wisconsin $65.00. Wis- Pure - Bred 



consin is one of the greatest dairy states, and one can understand Sires Mean 



why their cows are so much better producers than ours as shown Successful 



. . . Farms 



by their average value. Wisconsin farmers do not come to Georgia 



or the South to buy high-producing dairy animals, but we go to 

 them for this purpose. There is no reason why, by the use of pure- 

 bred sires, the elimination of unprofitable animals, and the proper 

 feeding and maintenance of our cows, we should not make 



