. Alabama. Agriculture. ALABAMA Page Nine. Rich Pastures Make Cheap Grains. Hogs sold or slaughtered. 1909 1918 Number 704,000 Number 280,000 Value $7,747,000 Number 1,405,800 Cattle sold or slaughtered from the farms. 1909 1918 Value $4,178,000 Number 523,500 Value $33,735,000 Value $16,864,000 Year 'Round Pastures. Enjoying a combination of grasses, like Bermuda, lespedeza and carpet grass for Spring, Summer and Fall grazing, and burr clover, crimson clover and vetches for Winter, the stockman has grazing the year 'round for his cattle. With alfalfa and melilotus, (in certain sections), cowp
. Alabama. Agriculture. ALABAMA Page Nine. Rich Pastures Make Cheap Grains. Hogs sold or slaughtered. 1909 1918 Number 704,000 Number 280,000 Value $7,747,000 Number 1,405,800 Cattle sold or slaughtered from the farms. 1909 1918 Value $4,178,000 Number 523,500 Value $33,735,000 Value $16,864,000 Year 'Round Pastures. Enjoying a combination of grasses, like Bermuda, lespedeza and carpet grass for Spring, Summer and Fall grazing, and burr clover, crimson clover and vetches for Winter, the stockman has grazing the year 'round for his cattle. With alfalfa and melilotus, (in certain sections), cowpeas, velvet beans and soy beans for hay; and corn, Japanese Cane and the various sorghums for silage in every part of the State, the farmer is never at a loss for something with which to feed his herds. In addition to the inexhaustible quantity of feed that can be produced on a minimum acreage, the open winters do not require any elaborate barns for the housing of the cattle during the winter rronths. For hogs there are the grazing crops before mentioned, and in addition, rape, chufas, cull sweet potatoes and peanuts, all of which are raised at slight cost, and harvested by the hogs at no expense Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States Railroad Administration. [Savannah?]
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