SOME POINTS IN PRACTICE 



more, being so expensive, they are only 

 suited to intensive farming on limited 

 areas close to the large markets. 



Mixed Farming. 



The most successful dry-land farmers 

 are those who are engaged in mixed 

 farming — that is, growing grain and rais- 

 ing stock at the same time. This is easily 

 understood when we remember what an 

 important bearing manure has on soil 

 improvement, fertility, and the retention 

 of moisture. Where crops are fed to 

 stock on the farm and the manure and 

 refuse, such as corn stalks, returned to 

 the land, the loss of soil fertiUty is com- 

 paratively small. The feeding of cattle, 

 lambs and hogs on the dry-farm will 

 bring in to the energetic farmer ready 

 money, while the manure will help to im- 

 prove his soils and sustain his crops in 

 seasons of drought. 



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