. Elementary principles of agriculture; a text book for the common schools. Fig. 122. A simple martin Jjig, i^d. biOe, tront and rear view of Hereford cow, Lady Briton 16. FART II CHAPTER XXVIANIMAL HUSBANDRY 258. Utilizing Farm Crops. The farmer grows grass,alfalfa, grains, cotton, fruits and other crops which hedesires to convert into money. There are two ways ofmarketing the surplus feeds grown on the farm: (1) Thecrops may be sold to other persons to be fed to stock,or (2) they may be fed to animals on the farm wherethey are produced and worked up into a variety ofproducts of less
. Elementary principles of agriculture; a text book for the common schools. Fig. 122. A simple martin Jjig, i^d. biOe, tront and rear view of Hereford cow, Lady Briton 16. FART II CHAPTER XXVIANIMAL HUSBANDRY 258. Utilizing Farm Crops. The farmer grows grass,alfalfa, grains, cotton, fruits and other crops which hedesires to convert into money. There are two ways ofmarketing the surplus feeds grown on the farm: (1) Thecrops may be sold to other persons to be fed to stock,or (2) they may be fed to animals on the farm wherethey are produced and worked up into a variety ofproducts of less weight and bulk, as beef, pork, poultry,eggs, milk, hocses, mules, cows, etc. These finishedproducts may often be marketed for much more thancould be secured for the feed alone. And, in addition,there will be retained on the farm much of the fertility,in the feeds, for the benefit of succeeding crops. 258i. Good Live Stock and Good Pastures should bea feature of most farms. It is a singular fact that instates having the largest average number of live stock perfarm that the average earnings of the farms i
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