. Alabama. Agriculture. ALABAMA Page Eleven. Two Acres of this Corn Yielded 400 Bushels in the Tennessee Valley. Dairy Conditions Almost Ideal. With silage cutting from 12 to 15 tons to the acre; twelve months open pas- turage ; with cattle living out-doors all the time; lumber for feed and milking barns to be had at very low prices; cheap labor for caring for stock; cotton seed meals, the finest concentrate for dairy cows yet discovered, produced right at home; with home mills grinding velvet beans into meal, which with cottonseed meal forms a perfectly-balanced ration; with unlimited markets
. Alabama. Agriculture. ALABAMA Page Eleven. Two Acres of this Corn Yielded 400 Bushels in the Tennessee Valley. Dairy Conditions Almost Ideal. With silage cutting from 12 to 15 tons to the acre; twelve months open pas- turage ; with cattle living out-doors all the time; lumber for feed and milking barns to be had at very low prices; cheap labor for caring for stock; cotton seed meals, the finest concentrate for dairy cows yet discovered, produced right at home; with home mills grinding velvet beans into meal, which with cottonseed meal forms a perfectly-balanced ration; with unlimited markets within one night's travel in every direction; with transportation facilities for moving products all that could be asked—there is nothing that will prevent Alabama from becoming one of the leading dairy districts in the Union. All Breeds Represented. In Alabama can be found breeders of Jersey and Holstein dairy stock, and Shorthorn, Red Poll, Aberdeen Angus and Hereford beef cattle. Many head of cattle are shipped into the State each year for grazing and are finished on the velvet bean fields and corn. A velvet bean field lends itself won- derfully well to live stock raising, as the cattle are simply turned into the fields after the corn has been picked, and harvest the beans, vines and blades with no expense whatever for shocking or handling. Ready Markets. There are large stock yards in the Central part of the State and these yards together with the numerous packing houses and abattoirs offer a ready local mar- ket for those who do not care to ship to the big 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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