The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-01-30

strength for old people, delicate chill
dren and for all rundown conditions.
Nlnol is also most successful remedy
for chronic coughs, colds and bronchitis.
IT 1t fails to benefit any one who tries
1t we return your money.
H. c. WELLS, DRUGGIST, ELkToN, ND
ing has been greatly overestimated,"
he said. Through livestock there is
a loss of twenty-five to fifty per cent
OF the manurial value of the feed con-
sumed Then there are to be consid-
cred the risk, the interest on stock, the
work of hauling manure to the field,
and the impossibility of having enough
stock to consume all the products of
the farm. In addition there is the
danger of putting stock on the land
when wet. Most men say they don't
turn the cattle into the fields when
they are wet, but know from expert
ence and observation that we all do"
No doubt some kind of stock can be
produced on most farms to good ad-
vantage, from the standpoints both of
soil fertility and of profit; but there
are conditions under which exclusive
livestock farming is not best. Prof
G. F. Warren, OF Cornell, has pointed
out that as a rule in New York State
men who sell some crop products in
addition to livestock products are
making larger labor incomes than
those who sell only livestock or crop
products. There is a happy medium
between the two extremes.
On the Kline farm an attempt has
been made to strike this medium. The
idea is to keep sufficient amount of
stock to consume products that would
otherwise be wasted. As rule the
owner feeds about twenty-five head of
beef cattle during the winter, keeps
ten TO twelve milking Holsteins and
accompanying young stock, and mar
kets one hundred and twenty-five or
more hogs d year. This is what he
considers a reasonable complement Of
stock. The chief idea is to harvest
and feed to sock all products from
which 9 profit may he derived under
his conditions. In defense of his plan
he said.
AN important point that is usually
overlooked by most farmers is the cost
of labor in harvesting some products
that exclusive livestock men claim
should be fed. Take corn fodder, for
example: When you pay for cutting,
shocking, hauling to the barn, feeding
and then hauling the manure back to
the field, there is mighty little profit
left. 1t has cost you practically every
cent it is worth as feed"
This is one of many instances that
show how carefully Mr.. Kline is count
ing the cost of his various farm oper-
ations and is trying to unite the diff
ferent enterprises into an economical
unit. Partly on this account he is
growing beets and potatoes, though
neither crop is grown by his neigh
bors. He has found that horse labor
is more expensive than most men
think, and he is building up system
in which both men and horses are
kept busy as much of the time as pos
sible. The beet and potato crops aid
in this better distribution.
The usual planting of beets ranges
from thirty to thirty-fve acres and
that of potatoes from fifteen to twenty
acres. 1t costs from thirty to thirty
five dollars an acre to grow beets, not
counting interest on the investment.
a fair yield is ten to twelve tons to
the acre, good yield is twelve to fif-
teen tons, and anything above fifteen
tons is considered extra good The
beets are grown under contract at five
dollars ton, the company agreeing
to do all the man labor required dur
ing the growing season and at harvest
time for eighteen dollars an acre. This
leaves the grower with only team
labor to arrange for and look after
With an average yield of twelve to
thirteen tons to the acre there is good
profit in the crop. When the writer
visited him Mr.. Kline was expecting
to get sixteen to eighteen tons to the
acre on fifteen-acre field, and about
twelve tons to the acre on a seventeen
acre field. This should give him a
net return of $1,000 or more on thirty
two acres of land.
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