The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-05-01
$500 MORE A YEAR FARMING:
HOW TO MAKE 1T.
BY Feeding the Products of the Farm
To Live Stock.

The purpose of farm live stock IN TO
convert the feed products of the farm
into other products of equal or great
or value. II the products obtained be
only equal In value to the feed con-
sumed. there may still be a two-fold
profit: one on the growing Of the feed
stuffs and the other In the by-product
the stable manure.
II the products obtained be Of
greater value than the feed consumed,
then there Is three-fold profit: one
on the growing OF the feed stuffs, one
on the products made. and the other
on the manure.
These three possible sources OF
proit to be derived from the feeding
OF live stock are largely dependent
one upon the other for their reaiiza-
tion. The profits on the growing of
the feed stuffs are dependent for their
realisation on the cheapness with
which the feed stuffs are grown and
the prices charged the live stock for
them. The profits on the products are
dependent on the prices paid for feed
stuffs. the character Of the animals
fed. the quality of the products made
and the knowledge and judgment used
In the handling of the live stock and
In selling the products. The profits
from the by-product--the stable man.
ure-are dependent on the character
of the feeds used and the care and
use made Of the manure. Before GO
ing further II may be well to locate
some guide posts. between which
must be steered the intelligent dis
cussion of the feeding question as II
relates to farm economy.
1. Any farm products suitable for
feeding live stock may be valued on
a basis OF Its market price. or on its
feeding value, or on its manurial or
fertilizer value.
2. The market value of a feed
stun Is usually based either on it's
feeding or its manurial value, but sell
dom or hever on both combined.
.. The full feeding value of a
farm product may be obtained with
out materially lessening its manurial
value.
4. AS general proposition, no
feed stun should be sold from the
farm or be used direct as a fertilizer;
because by such use only one of its
values can be obtained. whereas by
feeding 1t to live stock its full feed
ing value. and In addition. from rs
to 90 per cent OF It's fertilizer value
may be secured.
Feeding problems arc too large and
varied to be covered In an article of
this sort. and we shall. therefore. de-
vote our attention merely to a dis
crssion Of the feeding of three class
es OF Southern farm products. which
are now either entirely wasted, or it,
tie better than half their values real
ized.
ON practically every farm In our
territory there Is much feed which
now goes to waste, because there is no
provision In the way OF fences and
live stock to make its profitable utili-
zation possible; and the quantity OF
this feed now available could. and
should. be largely increased by the
sowing OF forage plants in the regula.
field crops for grazing during the fall
and winter after the regular crons
have been gathered. The waste Is
now large. but would this and the ad.
ditional forage which might be pro.
daced pay for the necessary fencing
VIII. III the fencing be done econo.
mically. good live stock be kept. anS
a rotation Of crops is planned and fol
lowed with view of increasing the
feed for live stock to Craze; but to dc
this. II Is not necessary to decreas.
the production Of either corn or cot.
ton.
| Any quantity OF evidence might be
given to prove that 1t has paid. Fol
example. Prof. J. W. Fox. at the
! Mississippi Delta Experiment station
found that the feed furnished by SOW
ing peas In the corn at the last work.
Ing. produced 5000 worth of porl
per acre. Practically all of this woult