Show U or 1 e Livestock i e erl D t Q CL k rl ry Los Lot Angeles Angele o 0 0 n of the specialty or one crop type of farming is one way to bring about the mu much h dis firm f rm rel reI cf ef One crop farming 13 is the root of or e evil II In n moat t t of the tl OJ es which hive e come to the he taime or the Coast Coul Tt-e Tt They have reon e prone pone pi p one to put all of the cg ega m in one on basket and and W when c n n ovel su sur Iv h or poor crop comas it lt n can cana ruin rum not only for far the one c op 0 farmer but fOl foi the one crop unity mtv is lS sellAs well sell ell ellI ellAs As result nia ilia mar arc I interested in m aidini tIle tic U aR ag in diversifying th tl 11 a farms Some form of livestock aising end nd fc fe ding seems to be the most ost 10 solution solution tion The l advant lant ant gc ge of live he stock stoc production lies in m the fact that t 11 Inc e stock r la h readily co into cash especially on theet the Sect est Coast wh where ro local production t I far short of the demand for all nil cl cI of meat food animal A few feu head of live liv stock on the farm not o I 4 ly pro pros dies des a 1 cash income but bit a his hig ti desirable ble di ersi fie But the bl bi thing thin about encouraging ing live 11 stock pr production in m i citrus or fruit country countr lies in 10 the benefit to the tOil soil rionda is b 1 now taking stock of tier er Iro moves cs es so to speak and finds I that citrus production lion has fallen o 1 1 4 study stud of the th soil sOIl how that thit or re n is in There Therefore Therefore lore fore sty stu P r autho sties an and Ie in I r i-r r e a ere ire re now carry rry ing mg on an L c to bUild bUildup buildup buildup up live stock pop latson in iii tit tile state staten n order that trat the m inure nay be au ap applied plied pHed to the soils toil that I J lorida may mav th lh the qu i ity and volume of citrus production In most mot harts of of the he he West Nest the is young ioune oung and the o 0 I 1 1 hnot In Iii not nut yet been drained of its crop producing qualities let et et here and there especially in cotton dIstriCts a falling oT ofT in to production already lS is noticeable because of a lilure to re rc return return turn to the soil the sub substance that is 13 I taken a iy a y wit i each crop It would be well ell for th lh the western l i community to take tahe stock stach and aid aidin aidin In a general ner liv stock program vh h eh cli would at once add to the productive productiveness ness of the soil and at the same time I provIde an add additional sh cosh n a come coine i Li e e stock feeding feeding on the smaller firms could take tae ofT ofF the market much of the th thin n stock from ranges nov non goe thIn oe directly direct into meet channels This would could oud provide the range e cattle gro grocer grower er vi a n new mu mir ket het for his think think stock ana ape it at th some sime time nd mid materially in provid providing providing ing the Coast markets with wIlh choice meat foods j Development of f a pro r calling for some Inc l e stock sock on every ery firm hrman firmand firmand an and ranch has h Q en Hen glen iven a aided im impetus impetus petus through h the the activities of firm bureau or in forming local cooperative sli Through this plan the nun men Ith only ont om or tivo t 0 1 ca ea of cattle ho hogs s or sheep is enabled enable to lo pool his stock stockwith stockwith stockwith with that thit of his el making up full carload shipments This means shit the nun man WI wil i on onla a few head of I start has hns the fie a aye e marketing t as the tho ma man with the big herd o 0 flock as ets the full ad i I lalla tag of shoeing sho 11 ins us stock stach in c l I lIc Ic In such a associations the co cos cosof I I of Cf m freight ant an other er charges charge is prorated among th I of the Chi th stock accord according accordine to the ice tc e and number nUlT-ber of head sold by each ench midi ulua I t P For two t seasons the U S flange c c LI LIe e Stock E perl lent St M I lei leiL L y i Ion ht has I Ide t i ide de a comparison of the value alue of 3 al ifa ia hay liny alone end f hay su-pp su with cot cott cott t cake and orn rn en silage for Win beef cakes cah es Fo Po dates s the re suits hive lVe tad ind cat l I I alfalfa hay ha a atone aone lone will 11 give Ive e a tally as good re re- results suits is lS when sup by these other two feeds w iv wl ich are arc not readily available a in rn that s tion hon I The old say ng f t t at It beauty is skin skin deep ee p may apply a ply to the soil formers f is issi me th t if the sur surface surface surface face of the land l Iro goad it lt i is b all aH allright allright rIght end ind rd possible harpin ind other o her impenetrable i 1 retard prevent ent the upward up of soil moisture and ald resist root p The best bist way wa to l kno the soil sOlI thoroughly is by a soil ev of tl U c a COUlt county The Bureau Dureau of Chemistry and ind Soils SOIS of the U S De- De De De p of A Agriculture has mapped and described the soils of more than half the counties of the United States |