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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1911-05-25

Die &beuteuer zines al
f6eu Ser8ogs. 80r oem arimiz
nalrihtsr BON SIb 8aIlen in QpRopn
bate Iih oieier Sags ein Ar3t Ramens
Watsu5ie 3u perGHtporten, eem in bier
7FdlIsn 9isamte UNI 3ahIreihe Setriis
gereisu uubsetpisien lperoen tonnten.
Der 4nqetldate beoieRte fid hodtraz
beuoer Ramsn uuo Sitel uno CAB iIh
SuIebt uls 5erSpg bon Ct. Smars aus.
Seit Sttpber 1864 osrheirathet. Ihetnt
er ieine frau, Die nod am 9ebeu 1T,
Dor etrpd stpei 9e3snRien perlaKsn SiI
bdben, um Elm reeslredies 4beuteurers
paietn su fiihreu. slls triffer Beer
Discount SohH 5utdinion 8auehan
,,ehelihte~ er 1893 cine pertraueusielige
@ittDs in SoutbamptDn uno pers
fhpdHb, Hahoem er on 8elo unp GSelz
oespertb eriaugt bate, mas 81 erldn.
aen mar. Spdter bepurb er Ifcb, its
bod erfolaLos, um stpet 5hDefteru IN
8appatsr, oenen er iin ais Rigbt
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fiser pou ShloB 9lpsu in Shottldnb,
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ibm als Sberft Wft8oualb. Gourier
bes aoHigs, bel elmer GunIs in 8irfeus
beub, bersn Wutter 5aus urb 50pf pera
Guberte, nm bic ShuloeH bes ,pprHebs
men Shfpiegeriohnss" su besahIeu.
Ra6oem Der ungiltige Gbetontrntt ura
terseihnet mar unp SHUTTER uRo 5nna
ter mittsllps baftanben, esrfdpanb Der
uSberit", Der in WirtIihtsit ME Spls
bat gspsIsn III, Don Der 8ilbftdhe.
Seine lebten beioer Mbenteuer ina
fseuirts Der beiabrte srauenbetbDrsr IN.
nerbaIb zines ,3eitraames poH tpentgett
Monaten. Sm Rppsmber pergangenen
SSahres lpairte Ma6ensis bel etTer ia
uritie Suucpube in Gbisnid. Wahs
renn er fidb eifrig I'M DliB Spbif
Duncombe bemibte, bedutportete er
eus sSufsrat elmer WiB Glen SDests
man, bic iih als ardnfeupfIegsrtH en-
pfabI. Wiatsnsis gab iih als friihere-
armeesg birurg unb jeBieer SpeSiaiift
aus, Der cine gFlegsrtn fir fetne SIia
nit fuhte. Wsib Spestmau eins NIT
ibm uah Surbiton uHb gab ihre Grz
iporniHe in Der Sobe pom S750 beruus,
aIs madeusis 'i6 NIT ihr trnnen lisb.
Die .Gbe" oauerte pom 2. Sunuar big
gum %. Sanuar. 9unu fehrte Wladerz
ale au ben 9lIHcpmbes 3Rrid uHe ~hei'
rathete4 am 2. ssebruur Nis Spbil 2.
1lsberotes betroe Der fetneDottor Gdufs
lenie unn hneere perfpntH itaa Geio
unb Daaren. Bun rpdnSrt sr auf bret
Sabre ins 3udtbaIs.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1911-05-25

9ew Dorf, "A. Rai.

Rem Dorf, "a. Rai.
3tnn mar hau su $44.lo - 44.75 unb
aupfer rubis; Cate su 1925 - 1880,
@ieetroIptbic 81 Sl2. 2.I21z--l2.37& unb Ca
hing ju $ll.s7%--I2.l21z. 8let mar Han
sa A.40-4.60, SpeIter Han m $5.35 -
5.40. Glen faam itetts. 80. l 5ounbrp
Northern su sl5.25 - 1878, glo. 2 DO. gu
Sl5.00-l5,50, 80. Soutbern uRo go.
S0uthern loft gu $l5.OO--lb.5o.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1911-05-25

Hu9kr--- IretN zen. HdfMntxfex &Mk
asaf s.Soe, poueerse $50, knbes 5.75s,
srannlasss 5.50e, eonfsesieners ~" B.4S<,
On ~" b.20-5.45e. pesbsr sstrs ..G"
sos. i6e, srtra ..G"4-95-5 00e, eyeink.
ssr seIter 4.75--4.Soc.
Relafies iFs ftetis. Ven Orleans
Open Rsttis s4--44s, gsHsrifnssI lb-2s<.
per gaIons. serehnm 80 ste per @4aens.
Aeis.-Nayt ssemiiA lsbsafs uns Ass
Zig. eouiitana. Sanep oeae e-6ks, yrima
4-51se, etsiaarer Q -- DC. 5spaa f-
AIle per Biane.
1atrs grosuEts.
Buttsr. - Warft rubis uns ftetia. -
Saneu CREAMERY 23Le Greamsry Frfts
zoe. DO. issoabs lse. fanss Dasxs lac. Ns.
4 IBIfe PER Hfe.
A6fs. = Marst lsesis. Ckss aa i&<e.
RsrspeitsrIi4er IA --lse. Nsmperf iEl1r,
eAwsiser IL is1Se. aisnbussss l4,Ss,
Urid 13s< Il per gfuHb.
Gisr. = aa6fraas Nemii4 sit. 1Rarft
fetia. Ertuta friiAe 0abnersiss is,ze,
fsritsl2fs, iecones 10c peyDsb. zerlsft ab
@effhseL - Rarft ruhie mno ifefie.
Gvrine gbidens pom Ia Bsune uHe barlls
Der 25 - 27s, heins Sprinasgs nnter ~
8funo,s-2ss. oabner llke. 1dlne ~ {.
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--2os. aIie ioe. Gdnie 6--se per DfuHb,
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Dsnefdps % 60--T.o 90 per Gel
GtfroneH. Nlart. left. GeIiisrxis
q. .0O--5.50, RsfSina tS.0l-5.50 per atfss.
piRss T5< per S6aHisI
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gaiiforria y1.75-S.5o. SteFsea $3.50 -
10 per 9tfte.
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ti.25-I.75. Saep Thonipfoas ti.2S--i.7t
per Crate non "a Elarts
Eftrfide. ~ 5Ierioa f2.00-223 per
@g0t<,
RarteffeIa. - Rt4igan e2.0o-2.2 rs
peg DtI. aai esm GeIeiie MHs 65--6Se per
Dn. I'm Efsse.
Sunee aartssfeIn.-5leriAa Rs. 4
Role tl.A0 - AIS. 20. . DO. $500 - ans,
4Ecbils ~ .25--6.50 per Dbl.
Rrsnt. - Rarft itssis. 3krbils xI.35
n 40 per KbIs psm Gtefe.
DD DtsteIa.-- Rsue Ieras f2o0--2. 10,
~. q el.7e- lbs une meits o2.l0 peg
IGxats. AGte asIte si.2d--A0o pa -.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1911-05-25

sess. rssss ma ssssss - sass Dsrf.

@xA&b M&A&8 MH& az3s&1S - sssf< kfssss
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a. it4Sz-4y6slk.
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ia nsse pnrbsn spie felet anstiFt:
Der. Gtaateu GsfuHbina ~ i00k
afb., - seaiitrsrfs ll025D llA% - ll5,
gcnpens lI4ak - Il5 3F reaiisrsrte 1917
--f0ak, Coupons l013+--l02I, BaRarHa
coupons 2% i001S---I0fL.
satttenmarff. - Gs iSnrot btuis eiu
jlnrfer Trad ann Berfasfen auseeltt un6
Der mdrtt mar 6nher F@waH. Dts SAInb'
nofirunaea ipareu bic Hisorieiten hes Id'
sfs uub eraabsn harhpeg 0erInite.
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ma oyvwtr. Saamdu & 60, 9so. 22S-2oI
g9alaut gtrnse. bers1tti.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1911-05-25
G5teass "a. Raj.

Etnbuteh. Seepes $5.l0 - o.35'
Teras gtieEe ~ 60--5.55, peftIi4s Stiere
81 .6o--5 60, steders uno fseehers $50
us, aaAs anb beifers 81 .40-5.75, RaIber
S5.O0-7,75. Rarft inpah bis lOc uisori'
gee.
shustRe. sei4te S5. $500, ae'
uifdts S5.6o-5.723%. fausre s5.35-S.s212 {,
raube s6 5.55, CUTE bis aussrIsiens
'4psre s555--5,s21l, Ssrsel s5.35-5.eo.
Rartt etpas ntsorigsr
S4afe HHe aammer.-SAa'e eiHs
btiuutiAs s. 3o--5.0 90. ueitltAe *3.75--5.00,
JasrIiaas "a. 4.75-5.To.
Sdmmsr. Ginheimt'ne 81, To- 90,
peitIine &5.75--7.25. Rarft lansidm bis
Zoe Hieerigsr.
, 3ufuhr. RiHopiek 1900, S4usiHs
"a, ,0J0. S4afe uHb sammsr Z, 200.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1911-05-25
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Tie wtT@afte wdreH aud beuss IN ben
tsfieen BanieH iehr rubiG unb bic 3tissi
atsn nieerta, ba bie Damfsn btnldus.
l4e BpEbs an 0ane babea. Ron csu
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5-6E bisseHsirt. 5m efisnen Raffts
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mo auf 8ett sH 4--41zE plaeirt.
s'sdsftI sHi Msn nssf.
narsn itssig uno wurbsn ~ pcrl
ser $1,000 sstidea Daasea psrfantt. Tis
Esunierrsts sstrdgt SOC gramis per $1,000.
AsAsa aw Gsrsss
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lnotsrnnaen % bsri9ten:
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30 1ast Sift, 5l71 $40 Cranes pes 500;
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aaf HsIfat ~ s4.b2 perfauft.
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3ufubr uno BeriaHot wdbrenb ben pers
fIoFeneH "A StaHoeu Dergli6en NIT ben
uorbergebeHoen IassH, maren mie foIst:
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1911-05-25

ekteaae, "a Rai.
Wetf. - Der Tlartt III isefia. sginter
4stsnts % 3.S0--4. 30. 5traistts 4l0-4.30.
&yrinaB Batents beitss S. .6S-5. rs, ssraia6ts
sl.i0-4.26. 1aiers $3.4o-4b5.
Dsissn. - gar Rai 9s - s9A4s, am
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S4inb ssc faE Stpternber Sssx - 81 &c.
on S6tu6 Sic; fir D<keinber 8Ss1 -
69s4e, am Sd9lnb ss1ze.
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em g&lus 531@t; fur JuIi 52<--53c, am
SAIae 5z5<s: fur Septfmbsr So --- 53Lc,
am S4sus 63e: fur Sesenbsr 5l1ss--5l &c,
ars S6Iab 6iLs.
pafer. - Sar Mai s4l--s45se, am
eHInt 8atse; fur Sali "a - s419s, am
S4iub S41sr; fur Sesissmbes 535S "a &c,
am 5nlmS 54c.
Acagen. - 70. 2 Csc
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quite bis 6oice RaIsssrfte D0-l0le.
8Ia4s faamen. n. - Rs. 1 en-. 2l2e,
80. l ". ~. 255c.
7tm metssisamtn. --ei2.oepes Gent
mgr.
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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1911-05-25

Ter Narh mar Han 8srianft wasstH
$50 Dbis. Gtftiaer's Einishes Gssss aal
bes Bats Ben $f 80 per @aIeR
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-06-15

eff l had kept % COWS for ID years
that averaged as my best COWS | would
have S25, 600 profit for Is years. If [
had kept % COWS averaging with my
poorest, | would have $40. 80 for the
ID years work.
A. j. PIERPONT. 5"
1t shows that for the first seven
years when he was buying cows for
his herd that the average production
remained only as it had been in pre-
vious years, but when he began to
raise his own heifers from his good
bull the average came up appreciably.
There are very few times when you
can gain by buying COWS for dairy
purposes from a dairyman who is in
terested in having high producing
herd. If such is done the buyer
should always insist on seeing the
record for a year or so past so as to
satisfy himself that the COW he is get
ting is better than the average in his
herd. Undoubtedly the best plan is
to raise your own heifers from good
bull.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-06-15

wheat contains high percentage of
digestible carbohydrates, with COM
paritively low percentage Of protein,
therefore it can be fed to advantage
with roughage that is high in pro-
tein such as the legumes. Wheat
bran of good quality and corn chop
can be mixed in proportions to have
nearly the same feeding value as
ground wheat, so it would be matter
of cost as to which feed should be
used If legume hay is used | should
prefer the corn chop and bran using
more of the former than the latter.
BEST CONCENTRATES FOR
THE DAIRY
Question: l have a dairy herd of
about dozen COWS and would like to
know what concentrates are best to
feed. At present the cows are getting
no roughage but wild grass. When
that becomes poor they will be fed
timothy, and late in the season they
will have clover. Would dry malt and
corn meal mixed half and half by
weight be a good ration when malt is
800. 90 per ton and corn meal $40. 90
per ton?
Answer: This ration of malt and
corn, half and half is very good to
feed in connection with your wild
grass pasture. should feed possibly
little more malt and less corn meal,
since the latter supplies a large
amount of carbohydrates, and we
generally find that present in sutti-
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-06-15

be the preparation of material for
small pamphlet on the subject of
bovine tuberculosis. This pamphlet
is to be very simply and plainly word
ed, for the general public. especially
stock owners. 1t is to embody full
statement of available information on
the subject-so far as it concerns the
stock owner in practical way, and
so far as such information is accepted
by the Commission.
This primer will probably be pub
lished in very large editions in the
United States and Canada, and be
given very wide distribution by the
Canadian and United States govern
ments and by our several states in
this country.
The next meeting of this Commits
sion will be held at Toronto late in
August.
M. III. REYNOLDS,
Secretary.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-06-15

cient quantities in most of the wild
grass pastures. When you change to
timothy hay you will still have that
difference and you will need to supply
large amount of protein. When
you feed clover. however, whether it
be pasture or hay, you will have to
feed less malt and more cornmeal.
CAUSE OF BITTER MILK
Question: 1 would like some in
heifers. One has been giving milk
about seven months, and was bred
four months ago. The other has been
giving milk about six months and
is not bred. They get the best of
alfalfa and pure water, and salt before
them all the time; they are to all ap
pearances in the best of health and
give good flow of milk. But the
milk and the cream are often very
bitter. Please tell me what to do for
them.
Answer: We find that the bitter
flavor in milk or cream very seldom
comes from the COW, but from con-
tamination after it leaves the COW
Bitter tiavors are caused by certain
germs that may be present in the
dust, or on the COW or in the we'll
water.
Thoroughly sterilize all utensils by
placing in boiling hot water and then
allow them to dry naturally. Do not
attempt to dry them with rag. The
latter soon becomes soiled and will
contaminate perfectly clean vessel.
The utensils should not be rinsed with
cold water at any time, for the un-
desirable germs may be present in
large numbers in seemingly clean
water. If these precautions are taken
there should be no cause for bitter
milk or cream.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-06-15
Dairy Department
How One Eastern Dairyman
Makes Money Out Of the
Business.

Probably the surest and best way
of getting producing herd is as this
dairyman has done in one of the
eastern states. In recent issue of
the Rural New Yorker we find good
record of Connecticut herd:
81 have been raising Holstein COWS
for the past 16 years and my father
did on the same farm some IL years
previous. We milk about 40 COWS
and we have found purchasing very
unsatisfactory, because when COW is
for sale for less than the cost of rails
ing her there is evidently reason.
She may have tuberculosis, she may
have some bad tricks, she may have
poor ancestors, or the habit of not
paying fo- her board. | began manag
ing the farm on my own account,
March LIST. 1896. I have always kept
the best registered Holstein bull
could get and have raised the heifers
from the best COWS. We have weigh
ed and recorded every quart of milk
from each COW each week and though
progress is slow, it is encouraging.
give you the actual summary of the
COWS that stayed in the barn and
finished SO weeks work for each year,
and you will not then wonder when
the heifers of my own raising began
to milk the average production raised.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-06-15
Questions and Answers.
-Nn.
BEST FEED FOR DAIRY COWS

BEST FEED FOR DAIRY COWS
Question: Do you think that wheat
chopped or rolled in barley mill is
better to feed than bran and chops?
Answer: | presume that the cor
respondent refers to corn chop.
Chopped wheat is not used a great
deal for COW feed chiefly because there
seems to be popular opinion that it
will "dry up the cows. " Whole
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-06-15
Int. Commission on Control of
Bovine tuberculosis.

1t seems advisable to keep the pub
lie informed in a general way con-
corning the work of this Commission.
A meeting of this Commission was
held in Buffalo on February 9th. 1t
was decided that the first task would
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-06-15

NOTICE TO DAIRYMEN-I know of a cure
IN for the Red Water Disease among cattle.
For further information write to Fred Rimpel,
Box 1876, R. F. D. No. l, Port Orchard, Wash.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-30

On a plantation where corn and cot
ton were grown an experiment was
conducted which would seem to be of
interest to farmers throughout the cot
ton belt. On part of the land on this
plantation devoted to corn, peas were
grown in the corn. After the corn had
been gathered the peas and the stalks
were grazed by steers, which were
fed some cotton seed in addition to the
grazing. The next season cotton was
grown on part of this land and corn
on 1t. AS a result of the crop of peas
and the grazing, the yield of cotton per
acre was 626.5 pounds of seed cotton
greater than on an area where corn
alone had been grown. On the part
devoted to corn the increased produc-
ton was IA bushels per acre.
The value of live stock as a factor in
building up soil fertility is becoming
more generally appreciated by the
farmers of the south. An intelligent
southern farmer who makes a practice
of buying cattle and feeding them for
market, recently said that his profit
consisted, in large part, of the value
of the manure which he obtained. In
this connection, l may point out that
the farmers in the south have a great
advantage over those in all other parts
of the country in feeding cattle for
market in their ability to use cotton
seed meal and cotton seed hulls as
food for fattening.
That cattle growing can be carried
on successfully in the south has been
demonstrated not only by the success
of southern farmers already engaged
in it, but also by the growth and pros
perity Of great stock farms in the
northern and western states, where the
grazing season is relatively short,
where there is necessity for more ex-
pensive buildings for shelter and
where conditions generally are not so
favorable as in the south.
Southern farmers are favorably To-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-30

Gated with reference to markets for
live stock. With the growth OF COM
merciaI and Industrial communities
throughout the southern states, the
home demand is constantly increasing.
I may illustrate this by quoting United
States agricultural department Stats
tics showing that during the year 1907
more than $4,000 hone-raised animals,
including beef cattle, veal, hogs, sheep
and kids were slaughtered in one OF
our large southern cities, while 36,o97
live western animals were shipped into
the same city and slaughtered. In ad
dition to this total OF more than $1,000
live animals there were also shipped
into the city large amounts OF fresh
and cured meats. Packing houses. af-
fording home markets for southern
grown live stock, have already been
established to some extent, and 1t is
safe to say that their number and
capacity will be increased as the sup
ply of live animals increases. But the
farmers Of the south do not have to
rely upon their home markets for live
stock and meat products. The most
densely populated region of the United
States is in the territory in the North
American states extending from Wash
ington to Boston. By far the greater
proportion of the many millions of in
habitants of that region are residents
of cities and towns. They are all con-
sumres Of farm products, including
meats, and the farmers OF the south
are favorably located with reference
to supplying their markets. Southern
farmers are also favorably located with
reference to the shipment of live ami
mails and meat products to the ports
for export.
Taking all of the advantages of the
south into consideration, do not be-
lieve that any other section of the
United States Is better suited for the
profitable growing Of live stock as a
feature of diversified farming and as
means not only Of obtaining profit di-
rectly from the sale OF live animals
and meat products, but also as
means of utilizing lands which are now
lying idle, and of increasing the pro?
duction of cotton and other farm pro-
ducts of the south by building up soil
fertility.
- W. w. FINLEY,
President.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-30
FLORIDA FARMERS
AND THEIR WORK

United States agricultural department
on beef production in Alabama serves
to emphasize the advantages of the
south as a live stock region, for results
equally as favorable as those in Ala
bama are being obtained in other
states throughout the south. and much
that the report says as to the growing
of beef applies with equal force to
other live stock. This report sums up
the reasons why the farmers of the
south should engage more extensively
in the growing of beef cattle substan-
TALLY as follows:
The south, under the system of farm
ing heretofore prevailing, has thou
sands of acres of land, and good land,
too, which are not being used at all.
Statistics show that only about 40 per
cent of the tilIable or arabic land of
the south is being used. Sixty per cent
of the land is lying idle and returns no
income to the owner. The farms are
large, and, principally because of the
lack of sufficient labor, many acres are
not being used. At present there is
no better way to put the whole farm
20 work than by introducing beef cattle
into the system. They require but a
small amount of labor in addition to
that employed in the other work of
the farm.
The report to which I have referred
emphasizes the importance of cattle
raising in connection with diversified
farming and building up of soil fer
tility. 1t says: las the farmers learn
the value of diversifcation in farming
operations there will be an increased
amount of roughage, such as corn fod-
der, cowpea and clover hays and soy
beans, which many times can be mar
keted more profitably through the beef
animals than in any other way. The
beef cattle serve as important ma
chimes for converting the surplus fod-
ders into valuable barnyard manure
which gives to the growing crops not
only the benefits of its fertilizing ele-
ments, but enhances the natural con-
dition of the soil by the addition of
that important compound-humus."
The department has conducted some
careful experiments to determine the
value of barnyard manure. In these
experiments it was demonstrated that
the average increase in crop yields OBJ
tanned by the use of barnyard manure
alone gave it a value OF 1855 per ton,
and that barnyard manure combined
with commercial fertilizer had a value
Of Sass.