. Agriculture and the farming business . cow-peas, soy-beans, Bermuda grass,lespedeza and the vetches are freely grown in their respec-tive regions. Agricultural scientists from the United StatesDepartment of Agriculture and the state agricultural col-leges are busy in experimenting upon suitable forage cropsfor the South and demonstrating their value. It is nottoo much to expect that this region will soon have availableat least as wide a range of profitable grasses and legumesas the North. Animals Adapted to Southern Farming Cattle.—Cattle can be more cheaply and profitablyproduced in the Sou
. Agriculture and the farming business . cow-peas, soy-beans, Bermuda grass,lespedeza and the vetches are freely grown in their respec-tive regions. Agricultural scientists from the United StatesDepartment of Agriculture and the state agricultural col-leges are busy in experimenting upon suitable forage cropsfor the South and demonstrating their value. It is nottoo much to expect that this region will soon have availableat least as wide a range of profitable grasses and legumesas the North. Animals Adapted to Southern Farming Cattle.—Cattle can be more cheaply and profitablyproduced in the South than in any other part of the is because of the mild climate making it possible touse pastures for the greater part of the feed, and alsobecause of the absence of the long period of cold which notonly requires more expensive feeding but reduces theamount of beef or milk. Both dairy and beef cattle shouldbe grown more extensively through the southern states thanis now the case. THE FARMING BUSINESS 155 Of? s S 5- w o 09. 156 AGRICULTURE AND Hogs in the South.—Southern farmers have not yetentered very largely upon the raising of hogs, though theycan probably be produced fully as cheaply in the South asthe North. The southern people consume more meat percapita than the people of any other section. Millions ofpounds of fresh meats are annually shipped to southernmarkets from northern and western farms. This means adouble loss to the South, hence the importance of a moregeneral study of the swine industry. For money is paidout for what could well be raised at home, and a most profit-able industry is thus omitted from the farms. Horses and mules.—The same conditions that makeit profitable to raise cattle and hogs in the South also makeprofitable the production of horses and Pasturesare available almost the entire year and crops of forage canbe raised following grain or cotton crops, so that the incomefrom horses or mules can, on many farms, be made almos
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