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FEEDS AND FEEDING, ABRIDGED 



for much of the labor of feeding. With proper care and application, 

 the manure resulting from each ton of meal fed would be worth $23.70, 

 the manurial value, as surely as would the application to the same land 

 of commercial fertilizers worth this amount. This would be nearly 

 clear profit. 



Selling fertility. — The preceding table further shows that those who 

 sell such crops as hay, corn, and wheat, part with far more fertility 

 for a given sum than do those who sell animals or their products. The 

 farmer who sells 1,000 lbs. of clover hay, worth $5 to $8, parts with 



Fig. 61. — Saving the Fertility in Feeding Stuffs 



Where possible, the manure should be drawn directly to the fields and spread 

 each day. (From Breeder's Gazette.) 



about as much fertility as if he had sold 1,000 lbs. of fat ox or fat pigs, 

 worth $60 to $75, or more. Based on the selling price, milk carries 

 considerable fertility from the farm, and butter practically none. 

 Farm crops may be regarded as raw products, while farm animals, 

 milk, wool, butter, etc., represent manufactured products. A large 

 amount of raw material in the form of grass, hay, corn, etc., is put 

 into animals, and the heavy waste or by-product resulting in the form 

 of manure conserves most of the fertility, when carried back to the 

 fields. The farmer who feeds his crops to live stock is a manufacturer 



