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Show - Livestock: MSituauonJ noticeable, because of the failure to 'return to the soil the substance that ; is taken away with each crop. It j would be well for the western agricul-I agricul-I tural community to "take stock" and aid in a general livestock program which would at once add to the pro-j pro-j ductiveness of the soil and at the same j tims provide an additional cash in- come. Livestock feeding on the smaller farms would take off the markets much of the thin stock from ranges which now goes directly into meat channels. This would provide the range cattle grower with a new market mar-ket for his thin stock and at the same time aid materially in providing the Coast markets .with choice meat foods. Development- of a program calling for some livestock on every farm and ranch has been given added impetus through the activities of farm bureau 1 organizations in forming local coop- erative shipping organizations. Through this plan, the man with only one or two head of cattle, hogs or sheep, is enabled to pool his stock with that of his neighbors, making up full carload shipments. This means that the man with the big herd or flock, as he gets the full advantage of ; showing his stock in carload lots. In i such associations, the cost of market-j market-j ing, including freight and other charg-j charg-j es, is pro-rated among the owners of j the stock, according to the weight and number of head sold by each individual. Elimination of the specialty or "one crop" type of farming is one way to bring about the much discussed farm relief. One-crop farming is 'the root of evil in most of the troubles which have come to the farmers of the Pacific Pac-ific Coast. They have been prone to put "all the eggs into one basket'' and when an over supply or poor crop conies, it generally means ruin, jtot only for the one-crop farmer but forj the one-crop community as well. As a result many communities are interested in aiding the agriculturists in diversifying their farms. Some form of livestock raising and feeding seems to bo the most logical solution. ' The advantage of livestock production lies in the fact that livestock is readily read-ily convertible into cash, especially on the West Coast where local production is far short of the demand for nil classes of meat food animals. A few head of livestock on the farm not only provides a cash income but a highly , desireable diversification. But the big thing about encouraging l'vcsstock production in a citrus or fruit country lies in the benefit to the soil. Incidentally, Florida is now taking tak-ing stock to her groves, so to speak, and finds that citrus production has fallen off. A study if the soil shows j that rebuilding or rejuvenating pro-: gram is in order.- Therefore, state j authorities and leaders in Florida ag- j riculture are now carrying on an ex- j tensive campaign to build up livestock population in the state, in order that ! the manure may be applied to the soil, that Florida may increase the quality and volume of citrus production. produc-tion. In most parts of the West, the country is young and the soil has not yet been drained of its priceless crop producing qualities. Yet, here and there, especially in cotton districts, a falling off in production alreadv is |