Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-11-14
BY B.. L. THOMPSON,
Department of Animal Husbandry,
State College, BrookinGs.

State College, B~rookings.
Farm animals are kept primarily to
supply the demand for meat, milk pro
ducts, eggs for human consumption,
wool and mohair for clothing, and to
furnish motive power for certain kinds
OF labor. 1t is also true that only by
keeping live stock on the farm is there
made possible a maximum production
OF grain and other crops year after
year, and a complete utilization of ev-
erything grown on the farm, including
the so-called by-products of grain pro
duction.
Since rich ground can be plowed and
cultivated just as cheaply as ground
that has been robbed of it's fertility by
the continuous growing of grain crops
and selling them off tne farm, it is ap-
parent that any added yield is almost
clear profit. Forty bushels of corn
will take from the ground phosphoric
acid, potash, and nitrogen which would
cost, If bought in the form of CONNER
cha fertilizers, about Sc. so. If, now
ever, this corr be fed to live stock
SuCu as Is commonly ICtlIiu Wy wv
farm, about S5 per cent of the fertil
izing value of corn can be returned to
the farm In the form of barnyard ma
nure. Furthermore, in every we'll
planned system of stock raising, lie
guminous feed stuffs, such as clover.
alfalfa, and cowpeas are raised, which
In an approved rotation of crops draw
FrN,1 %l1 AZ, ,,,0,,~ tt,,~,, %l1n,, e.,
sold from the land in the form of meat
and other animal products. The
amount of phosphoric acid and potash
in animal products is very small and
most soils have an abundance of these.
IHumus is necessary for the growing Of
crops. BY the intelligent application
of barnyard manure this humus is SUI
piled, thus making the soil in better
physical condition.
BY converting the crops of the farm
into live stock. the produce can be
marketed much more cheaply since
transportation charges will be re-
reduced about so per cent, due to the
fact that the product is condensed to
that extent. The keeping of live stock
also distributes the work throughout
the year so that it is possible to hire
help to better advantage.
The question of how to keep the
boy on the farm Is one of the greatest
THAT the farmer has to solve. and be-
'lieve that by giving the boy a small
share in good farm animals and allow
ing him the returns from them that his
interest will be aroused and he will
stay on the farm of his own accord.
Everyone who has ever had any ex-
p%erience with live stock knows that he
has often become very much attached
to certain animals, and that one looks
upon some of them in much the same
way as upon human friends.
Having shown the necessity Of live
stock, what is the most profitable kind
to keep? AS our Dakota farms become
smaller, which necessitates more in,
tensive agriculture, more attention
must be given to conserving fertility
and this Is best accomplished by the
raising Of live stock and proper rota
ton of crops. That this is true is
proven by the fact that in countries
Such as England, Scotland, France
and Belgium, where agriculture k..e
been carried on for a much longe,
time than in u own country, the,