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corn, the testimony showed that wheat was superior to corn by 7 to 35 

 per cent. It was shown that from ten to twenty pounds of live pork 

 could be expected from a bushel of wheat fed. The conclusions reached 

 were : 



That it is superior, pound for pound, to corn as a grain to produce ' 

 healthful, well-balanced growth in young animals; 



Mixed with corn or bran it is superior to either alone for work horses; 



Fed to cows it is an exceptional milk producer, and much superior to 

 corn ; 



For swine of all ages it gives generous returns; 

 For cattle it has high value, at least for part of their grain ration ;, 

 For fowls it is superior to all other grains and is the maximum egg 

 producer. 



In my own county one farmer is feeding his entire crop of 10,000 bags 

 to swine. 



May we not find in some of these experiences a solution of the ques- 

 tion what to do with our surplus wheat? And in this connection it may 

 be suggested as probable that better results would be attained in our 

 climate with the same quantity than in the colder climates of the West. 



We import from other States food products of value half as great as 

 that of all our wheat exports. 



Governor Markham is responsible for the statement that we import of — 



Live stock _. 40,000 tons. 



Meats and packing-house products 20,000 tons. 



Poultry 1,000 tons. 



Butter 2,000 tons. 



Cheese ... 1,800 tons. 



Eggs J 3,500 tons. 



Besides many other products I will not here enumerate. 



We are eating the wheat-fed pork and chickens of Kansas every day, 

 and sending our wheat 15,000 miles for market at an actual loss to the 

 grower. This should cease. 



I cannot now stop to suggest how to diversify our products. It is 

 easy to say we must diversify. It only takes a few words to do that. 

 But the wheat grower who has his plant for that kind of farming only, 

 finds it difficult to change. And yet he is getting more and more in 

 debt, and more and more difficult is it becoming to enter upon a new 

 agriculture. 



Single cropping, whether of wheat, corn, prunes, or any other product, 

 is false farming. The orchardist diversifies when he plants some small 

 fruits, some apricots, peaches, pears, cherries, prunes, almonds. Simply 

 expressed, he has not all his eggs in one basket. The grain farmer 

 diversifies when he raises some hay, oats, barley, wheat, vegetables, 

 fruit, hogs, sheep, cattle, poultry, alfalfa. I should call it a species of 

 diversification also for the average California farmer if he would spend 

 his spare days repairing harness and implements and fences, and help- 

 ing to make his house more comfortable for his over- worked wife, and 

 give less time to the town and the vulgar game of ten-cent pedro. On 

 every farm there is waste enough, if utilized, to pay the family grocery 

 bill. Sheep and hogs can gather much of this waste. I have found it 

 profitable to pasture my orchards in the winter. The alfileria grows 

 abundantly, and many grasses come up with the early rains. I have 

 found no harm to trees with horses and cows and swine among them 



