. Dry land farming in the Southwest ... Dry farming; Agriculture. EOCK ISLAND LINES 11 as good six years after it is made as in the first season. Cane will enable the west Texas stockman to fatten his cattle. Milo is a good grain crop in that part of the state, and Texas is the largest producer of cottonseed meal. Milo. ground in the head and mixed with cottonseed meal, and the mixture sprinkled on cane silage, will put three to five pounds of gain a day on a well bred Texas steer. The dry land districts of the Southwest have great advantage as a feeding country. Dry win- ters insure dry feed
. Dry land farming in the Southwest ... Dry farming; Agriculture. EOCK ISLAND LINES 11 as good six years after it is made as in the first season. Cane will enable the west Texas stockman to fatten his cattle. Milo is a good grain crop in that part of the state, and Texas is the largest producer of cottonseed meal. Milo. ground in the head and mixed with cottonseed meal, and the mixture sprinkled on cane silage, will put three to five pounds of gain a day on a well bred Texas steer. The dry land districts of the Southwest have great advantage as a feeding country. Dry win- ters insure dry feed lots. The crisp, dry air gives the fattening steer an appetite that forces him to eat enough feed to make rapid gains. The cli- mate requires only cheap shelter for stock. The character of soil and lay of land enable one man to plant and cultivate a large area. There is an abundance of good water. The silo provides a way to make use of these opportunities. Most of the men who will settle the plains will be men of much energy and little capital. They will make dairying their main source of income because they will need the regular weekly cash return from the sale of cream. These men will become prosperous and in such financial condi- tion that they will not need quick sales. They will then gradually change their herds from the dairy to the beef type and fatten the beef cattle that they raise. Under plains conditions, where two or more men work together, 200 beef cattle can be well taken care of per man. It seems probable that the dry land feeder will keep his pasture filled to the limit with breeding cows, using silage when- ever the pasture becomes short. The calves will be forced from the time they are weaned and will be marketed at top price when fourteen to eigh- teen months of age. RAISING hogs is a profitable sideline on dry land farms. Climatic conditions are par- ticularly favorable for handling hogs cheaply. The kafirs—kafir, milo and feterita— are sure grain crops,
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