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Show GOOD SOLUTION TO FARM-HELP SUPPLY j PROBLEM IS LIVE STOCK PRODUCTION Sheep Make Good Gains on Soy Beans and Save Labor of Harvesting. the feeding of grain to sheep una lambs. In general, labor In beef-cattle operations oper-ations may be saved In two ways. The first, which probably will offer the quickest relief and not require an extra ex-tra outlay of capital, is to alter ffe daily routine of chores so as to reduce the amount of labor needed. Stack coarse roughages in racks from which the cattle may eat at will instead of re-v tioning their feed to them daily. Use self-feeders In fattening cattle for market Instead of measuring out the feed once or twice a day. The second way to save labor with beef cattle is to supply labor-saving eqfiipment. While this method requires an expenditure of money, the equipment equip-ment supplied will be permanent and in the long run will save considerable labor. The following are some of the forms of equipment that should be supplied sup-plied for this purpose : Permanent pasture, self-feeders, feed racks, a deep well, a windmill, a water-piping system, water troughs, litter carriers, a manure spreader, a dehorning chute, and pasture fencing. (Prepared by the United States Depart- t ment of Agriculture.) If a nation-wide survey had been made in the past two years, when a large portion of the national man power was engaged in war and supporting sup-porting occupations and farming operations oper-ations were handicapped by a shortage short-age of labor, data would show that live stock farmers, as a whole, suffered less from the help shortage than did any other farming class. Live stock farming offers many advantages ad-vantages over other branches, say specialists spe-cialists of the United States department depart-ment of agriculture. In the majority of cases it returns greater profits, it maintains soil fertility essential in permanent agriculture It holds greater interest for most people, and it saves labor. In few other branches of farming farm-ing is It possible to maintain a steady supply of labor, an important factor in securing reliable help ; and it offers, to most people at least, a greater interest in-terest in farming operations, an important im-portant factor In holding reliable help after- It is secured. Reach Heart of Man. Live stock production is a year-round year-round proposition, and therefore makes possible such a distribution of labor. Furthermore, lower animals interest nearly all human beings. There is much more to interest the average man in watching the growth of young animals ani-mals or the fattening of feeders, and much less drudgery, even in feeding operations, than there is in the tilling of the soil and the cultivation of crops. Beautiful as growing crops unquestionably unquestion-ably are, and necessary as they are to the maintenance of live stock, the farm which has only growng crops lacks, for some people, the vital thing necessary neces-sary to make country life attractive. Many farmers recognize the appeal j which animals have for the average I man and cater to it in handling their j employees. For example, there are cases where the farm Owner gives the laborer a share in .the animals produced, pro-duced, such as every tenth pig, which becomes the property of the man who takes care of the hogs, or a calf or a lamlit now and then. Practice Labor-Saving Methods. Though live stock raising offers one solution to the farm-labor problem, some methods of raising stock require more labor than others. The greatest benefits are obtained when labor-saving methods are employed. One of the best labor savers and one of the most economical and efficient means of feeding feed-ing hogs is the self-feeder. Many 'experiments 'ex-periments comparing the self-feeder with feeding by hand show not only that it is a time saver, but that more pounds of- pork will be produced with a given number of pounds of grain by using the self-feeder. This applies not only to the use of corn, but to ground and meal feeds, such as tankage, shorts, middlings, peanut meal, soybean soy-bean meal, and the like. It is highly desirable from n standpoint stand-point of saving labor that the feeds used for hogs and other animals be fed as near as possible to the crib or granary. gran-ary. Feeding floors should be built adjoining corn cribs or granaries holding hold-ing shelled corn. It will save feed as well as labor. Another means of saving labor in hog growing Is the more extended use of woven-wire fences. If the fields and lots have hog-tight fencing, the owner can save much ot the waste after harvest har-vest by allowing the animals to forage in the fields. Such fencing makes it possible to hog down corn and other forage crops. Hogs thus cared for require re-quire little attention during the pasturing pas-turing season, which is at least six or seven months In most parts of the country. Let Sheep Harvest Crops. Ordinarily the management of sheep calls for comparatively small demands upon farm labor. The labor cost for a dollar's worth of wool or lamb Is lower than for any other farm-animal product. Sheep raising, however, requires re-quires steady and continuous attention. atten-tion. As with hogs, sheep may be pastured pas-tured in corn fields at a great saving in labor. This practice lias proved Satisfactory in many slates. Saving Labor With Cattle. A larger use of forage crops for fattening mutton sheep can be made with a saving of labor. This plan permits per-mits pulling on large gains with crops harvested entirely by Hie animals. In many sections fall-sown wheat and rye can lie grazed by Sheep, I hereby making mak-ing ii saving In winter feed as well as In the labOt of feeding. Sell-feeders for the feeding of hay to fatten sbeeji and lambs COD be used to good advnii- iMgu. They are not recommended for |