Show ja ft is isi Q J fla f OF la PROFIT AND aid LOSS ON tiny io n C 4 nal t cut clit 1 aaris jolin john 3 lawe int lias i sald that tile alio tago Ame american barrners farr ners in tile tho lire seit competition in ii tann farm products consisted in ill tile thu stored wealth of their soils in ill with con tiit enabled lliam to ti croly in perfection that king of tile thu creil cr cor eil cals ineize or arn coin admitting thu thia of advantage lor for tho american abin rilin barnier far inner nier the direction It in which lio should look in cilian to fill provo prove ilia method of practice is ia ahns S delmed by dr manly hills it michigan through the col amus of tho american lie ho says Bi orlly otilly speaking ilia returns from his soil arild enl tile outcome of liia ilia staple crop ii maize lize should deceive Att Lution to in enable enil jle liim bim to retain tho the coin position in ill tile in ot of tho horld v orail to which ho is ji atly ent ilici 1 froni from tho the conditions with which baturo lias lins favored Civo him bo be to conserve anti ani 1 available in inthe tho production of useful crops the bo elements clem crits ot it fertility contained in tho tb 0 EO soil 1 I itself which should bo be mople dented avith tho the hoino hoine b ip plies of manure thu tho returns front the soil boil can io be obtained liy by growing A variety of crops in fit succession among which corn should havo have a prominent place front from its advantages as it cleaning clap its ita baige yo yi ill id per aero acro of cattle food anil and tho hiir cof of tho manure from tho crop when teil fed out in ill connection with its q in conserving 0 fertility luring daring its ita lung long period of glowth by tile tho appropriation of plant food thorough tillage drainage draina C a judicious rotation of crops anil and tho the home supplies of manure are the agencies that atte attention ution in this preliminary process of crop growing having obtained from tile tho soil tho the largest return in vegetable products under a rational system of management tho the next nest consideration is the ho disposition to bo be made of 0 field crops in order to secure tho the glea greatest test profit from them it is difficult 0 o place a fair money value on these products us os they could not all be sold it if thrown upon tho the market in tho the torm form in which they are harvested tho the coarser products would not pay the cost of transportation from a glut of the markets as ae ill there re would be a demand for or but a email proportion of them outside 41 of the farms where they are grown it is evident that these products cannot annot ci all bo be sold to advant advantage ago without aitho converting abeta into more marketable forms forma on the farm itself and ns ail 1111 incident of this conversion should not be overlooked tile further advantage advant ago of retaining the residue of this process in the form of manure to maintain or increase the noil mail productive new it if farm animate animals are ari looked upon as a machines that are needed for converting concertin field crops into in marketable arketa blo products of greater value and for which there is ia a larger demand the true principles of tho the feeding and management of the live block of the farm will be more readily understood animal products of thu the best quality that will command the her highest prices in the tr marlc arket ct will usually be tho ilia most profitable tho the nutritive ratios tho the fainter needs to consider to secure profitable profit tible feeding cependa upon the relative amount an aunt of the several crops lie he can profitably grow and their apportionment to beauro an appetizing variety in trie the prescribed rations so that all can be profitably utilized this system will determine termine Ic the available variety of food and tho the farm should bo be stocked with animals that aro are tile the boft adapted to the work ot of man manufacturing u fact tiring them all without waste into marketable products the intimate interdependent relations of all departments ot at farm economy must be recognized and receive re ceide duo attention in planning alo system of management in ill order to obtain tho largest profit from tho the agregado ag regato results errors that ariso from a too exclusive attention to purely theoretical details of doubtful import will bo be avoided by keeping prominently in view those these fundamental principles of a cousis consistent tent and profitable farm practice |