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Show I Animals as Harvest Hands. I.lve stock, properly managed, will help the overworked farmer to harvest some of his crops profitably, thus saving sav-ing mini labor during the busy season. In return, the care of the young stock furnishes profitable employment for tlie fanner and his hired help, If he has any, during the winter and early sprlng, when work is slack. This not only saves much man labor during the ' busy season, but equalizes the labor I throughout the different seasons. I When snlllcleiit farm labor is not 1 available to harvest sill the crops, llvi i slock offer a prolllahle method of tak-'. tak-'. log care of fhe surplus hay and grain by pasturing them. The farm animals not only harvest them cheaply, but I while- doing so make prolltnble gains and help to maintain soil fertility. In-slead In-slead of culling the entire alfalfa, clover clo-ver or other hay crop, pasturing some of II mi ves much labor. Tin- cash retuniH from (be hay harvested har-vested by the live stock are usually fully equal to those received when the hay Is harvested by hand labor. Waste or poor rye, wheal, onls anif barley may be hogged down to excellent excel-lent advantage. Corn and mature soy bcuns are harvested successfully by ln-;.s ami sheep, and to some extent by en 1 1 1 1 II: Is usually customary (o fence off purl of a cornfield by a movable fence, and al'ler 0110 strip Is cleaned up to Inclose another. Plenty of water and 11 little suit are necessary for tho greatest Improvement, of live slock. Soy beans planted with the corn ami n.pc sown 11.' tlie 1 11 .-it. cultivation add to (lie fccdlnc value of the corn. |