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Show (TUivestodrO tgy-p Elimination of the specialty or "one crop" type of farming is one way to j bring about the much discussed farm j relief. One-crop farming is the root j of evil in moat of the troubles which j have come to the- fanners on the! pacific coast. They have been prone to put "all of the eggs into one basket" bas-ket" and when an over supply or poor crop comes, it generally means ruin, not only for the one-crop farmer farm-er but for the one-crop community as well. As a result many communities are interested in aiding the agriculturists in diversifying their farms. Some form of live stock raising and feed-in- seem; to be the most logical solution. The advantage of live stock production lies in the fact that live .stock is readily convertible into cash, especially on the West coast where local production is far short of the demand for all classes of meat food animals. A few head of live stocK on the farm not only provides a cash income but a highly desirable diver-sification. diver-sification. In most parts of the West the country is young and the sail has . , . nf its nriceless not vet oeen cuu"," crop" production qualities. Yet here and there, especially in cotton districts dis-tricts a falling off in production already al-ready is noticeable, because of a failure fail-ure to return to the soil the substance that is taken away with each crop. It would be well for the western agricultural ag-ricultural community to "take stock" and aid in a general live stock program pro-gram which would at once add to the productiveness of the soil and at the same time provide an additional cash income. Live stock feeding on the smaller farm would take 'off the market 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 for his thin stock and at the same time aid materially in providing the Coast markets with choice meat iooqs. Development of a program calling for some live stock on every farm and ranch has been given added impetus through the activities of farm bureau organizations in forming local cooperative co-operative shipping organizations. Thruogh 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 only a few head of stock has the same marketing advantages ad-vantages as the man with the big herd or flock, as he gets the full advantage ad-vantage of showing his stock in carload car-load lots. In such associations, the ost of marketing', including freight and other charges, is prorated among the owners of the stock, according to the weight and number of head sold by eah individual. |