Sorghums : sure money crops . ghum belt farmer can, and should in ameasure, be a crop-producing farmer, but his operationsmust be so arranged that he is not dependent upon thecash market crops produced. His every effort should befor the production of feed for all the live stock he cankeep. However, by consistent good farming methods,which are exemplified in the dry-farming practices, hecan grow cash market crops with a reasonable degreeof profit and the cash income received therefrom willprevent the necessity of selling cows or calves at a sacri-fice. When such crops fail to produce market gra
Sorghums : sure money crops . ghum belt farmer can, and should in ameasure, be a crop-producing farmer, but his operationsmust be so arranged that he is not dependent upon thecash market crops produced. His every effort should befor the production of feed for all the live stock he cankeep. However, by consistent good farming methods,which are exemplified in the dry-farming practices, hecan grow cash market crops with a reasonable degreeof profit and the cash income received therefrom willprevent the necessity of selling cows or calves at a sacri-fice. When such crops fail to produce market grains,they do produce feed and which feed in the form ofstraw or pasture is frequently worth as much moneyas the grain crop. Dairying as Farm Industry. I am sure that mostsorghum belt farmers realize the advantages of andthe necessity for keeping cattle. How to get the startis important. In the case of many farmers that startmust be made with two or three cows—maybe only some sort of turn to get the cow or cows. That. DEVELOPMENT OF SORGHUM BELT 39 farmer who has a cow should not sell her until his herdis established. If the cows are few they should by allmeans be milkers and should be milked. The fact is thatthree or four cows—if they are the only stock of thefarm—are worth almost their weight in gold, to thesettler. The common cow of the plains farmer willserve as the nucleus of the milking herd or stock cattleherd. The advantages of the milk cow to the farmerwho is not firmly established financially, are not dis-puted. There are many who believe that the farmerof the sorghum belt cannot establish permanent farm-ing operations without having a milking herd and thatthe number of cows be limited only by the help he hasfor milking. Should the farmer be absolutely depend-ent upon himself as a milker, I do not excuse him frommilking eight or ten cows each night and morning. Idid as much for years and know that the time expendedwas more profitable than that expended in
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