The work of the San Antonio Experiment Farm in 1918 . hemost part limited to the utilization of the natural range. The pro-duction of forage crops on the dry lands has not yet become an im- 141888°—20 1 ^ 4 Department Circular 73, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. portant feature. The protracted droughts which sometimes occurmay affect the cotton crop adversely and almost certainly restrictthe carrying capacity of the ranges. With a shortage of range feed,the cattleman must ship in feed, often at high prices, or dispose ofa large proportion of his live stock, sometimes at a heavy loss be-cause of th
The work of the San Antonio Experiment Farm in 1918 . hemost part limited to the utilization of the natural range. The pro-duction of forage crops on the dry lands has not yet become an im- 141888°—20 1 ^ 4 Department Circular 73, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. portant feature. The protracted droughts which sometimes occurmay affect the cotton crop adversely and almost certainly restrictthe carrying capacity of the ranges. With a shortage of range feed,the cattleman must ship in feed, often at high prices, or dispose ofa large proportion of his live stock, sometimes at a heavy loss be-cause of their thin condition when marketed after a long dry sea-son. In 1918 both the cotton farming and live-stock interests suf-fered, low cotton yields being general throughout the greater partof the area, and range conditions were poor, as a result of three suc-cessive dry seasons. Large numbers of cattle had been shipped outthe preceding season, so that, even though range conditions werepoor, the problems of the cattleman were probably less acute than. IlG. 1.—A plat of jrraiii ^o^iJ:huIl) on tho San Antonio Expcrimont Farm in IJ.^ Thi^crop has been found to be the surest producer of grain feed for tho Sau Antoniodistrict and should be much more generally grown. in the preceding season. The late fall and winter rains of 1918benefited the range greatly and encouraged the growing of winterpasture crops, such as oats, wheat, and barley. The demand forfeed was, therefore, less than during the winter of 1917, and theprices were much more reasonable. The losses suffered bv live stock durincr the last three vearshave resulted in an increased interest in the production of feedon the ranches. Some cattlemen are considering the desirabilityof constructing silos in which to store feed grown in the favorableseasons, to tide over the less favorable ones. Particular interest ismanifested in the pit silo. Sorghum (fig. 1). which is tho foragecrop best adapted to the region, is therefore recei
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