. Breeder and sportsman . Dictatress 2:09 1-4 Will Race in the 2:10 Pacing Classes Get a Big Albuta by Altivo Three-Year-Old in Col. J. C. Klrkpatricks Grand Circuit String Why Dairying Maintains Fertility. HProfessor Curtiss at the recent dairyconvention at Cedar Rapids, la., toldwhy dairying maintains the fertility ofthe farm. He said: In selling $1000worth of wheat from an Iowa farm atpresent prices we sell with it about 8350worth of fertility. In sellingSlOOO worthof corn we sell about $250 worth of fer-tility or constituents which would costthe farmer this amount if he were obli
. Breeder and sportsman . Dictatress 2:09 1-4 Will Race in the 2:10 Pacing Classes Get a Big Albuta by Altivo Three-Year-Old in Col. J. C. Klrkpatricks Grand Circuit String Why Dairying Maintains Fertility. HProfessor Curtiss at the recent dairyconvention at Cedar Rapids, la., toldwhy dairying maintains the fertility ofthe farm. He said: In selling $1000worth of wheat from an Iowa farm atpresent prices we sell with it about 8350worth of fertility. In sellingSlOOO worthof corn we sell about $250 worth of fer-tility or constituents which would costthe farmer this amount if he were obliged to buy commercial fertilizers to maintainthel^fertility of the farm. But we canconvert $1000 worth of corn into beef,pork or mutton and sell it in that formand not remove over $25 worth of fertil-ity from the farm, or we can convert$1000 worth of feed into butter and notremoveasingledollars worth of fertilitywith it. Butter is almost wholly purefat or carbon, and it adds nothing tothe value or productive capacity of thesoil. * best form. The customs prevailing inother countries and made legiti
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