Arizona republican., 1911-09-28

farms is shown. In Illinois the in
 come from grain farms was S1O6(
 per acre; from stock farms. S12.55. In
 Missouri the income from grain farms
 was s769. and from stock farms S9 55.
 In Iowa the income from grain farms
 was sS.SS. and the income from stock
 farms. S1317 per acre. In other
 words, the profits from stock farming
 in Illinois were IS per cent, in Mis-
 souri A per cent. and in Iowa 4S
 per cent greater than from grain
 farms
 In any ten-year period of the agri- cultural history of this country. the net income per acre from live stock farms has been greater than from grain crops.
 I think all fair-minded students of farm management problems in the middle west will agree that the most prosperous and best managed farms throughout the corn belt today are the farms where live stock is d large. if not the chief factor of production.
 The argument that live stock farm ing can be profitable only on cheap land is fallacious. The highest priced farming lands in the world are u;i- lized for stoch and dairy farms.
 In all systems of exclusive grain farming which have been planned for the maintenance of soil fertility. it is recommended that considerable quan- titles of clover be plowed under and that all of the straw and stover like wise he added directly to the soil for keeping up the humus supply. While this practice unquestionably will ac- complish the results intended. it is true that from an economic point Of view such materials are too valuable for the nutrition of animals to be thus employed. When we remember that at a very conservative estimate, the stover or stalks. leaves and stems of the corn plant contain not less than 25 per cent of the total feeding value Df the entire plant. and that under systems of exclusive grain farming, all this material is so utilized that only it's humus value is secured, we must conclude that if there is an other method whereby this valuable rcedstuff may be first converted into animal products. such a method is certainly to be recommended in a assembled to discuss the broad problem of conservation.
 Flowing under green clover likewise Is to be regarded as d practice of economic value. At the Mis- souri experiment station for a series If two years the average income from | such clover pastured off with hogs amounted to s3411 per acre. This Dnly cents per pound. As d matter If fact, during the years in which | his investigation was conducted. the | pork was actually worth cents per ! pound, and the actual income from | he clover alone amounted to $4000 | per acre.
 1 submit that when an acre of clO- | Ter can be so utilized through ami | nals as to return to the farmer the | equivalent of $40 in cash. that it is | doubtful economy to use this mate 'ial solely for its humus value by | blowing under.
 In accomplishing the above result, t was necessary to feed an average ,f 5000 pounds of grain per acre with the clover. This grain at pre- 'ailing market prices was charged to he hogs at 50 cents per bushel, the market price, and the $40 per acre S therefore net income. The large mount of grain fed to the hogs on he clover undoubtedly returned to he soil as much phosphorus as was emoVed in the body of the animals nd the ultimate result of this experi- nent was therefore, not only to se-