Show cattle guide to crop adjustment retirement of land demands plans to use giam and forage yields by R it associate chief in beet beef catt e husbandry universe tv of 0 III no s service retirement of some acres of corn and wheat land from nor mal production under the AAA pro grams Is bi ely to be successful only if live stock numbers are adjusted to the new levels of giali and forage pro cattle constitute a lock washer which can be used to hold k steady teady and give permanence to many adjustments which may be made in agricultural practices farmers with cattle will quickly see the advantages to be gained by ral raisins sing less grain and more forage and pas ture since this new supply of forage can be used effectively in beef prodie tion consequently changes made by such farmers in their cropping systems will be relatively permanent on the other hand farmers without cattle will find their hay bay and pasture crops even more difficult to dispose of at remu nera lve tIve prices than were th their air former surpluses of corn and wheat cattle contribute further to the sue cess of the government governments s adjustment programs through the aid which they furnish in maintaining the fertility of high grade land it if marginal and sub marginal land Is entirely removed from cultivation it will be imperative that the land used for the growing of bar ested nested crops be maintained in a high state of fertility for this purpose cattle manure has no equal furthermore beef cattle aid in the elimination of burdensome surpluses through their ability to convert a mil lion bushels of corn into five million pounds of beef the million bushels of corn in its natural state would mould sup ply the total cereal needs of people tor for an entire year while the pounds of beef will ce only for persons a year at the pre nt scale of beef consumption small fluctuations in the corn bar ley and oat crops amounting to a few million bushels either way have but slight effect on the grain market so long as there are sufficient cattle in the country to permit the util bation of the serph es or to permit the release of sufficient grain to make good the deficit by the varying number of cattle given a grain feed without sufficient cattle to furnish this safety factor rel actively small fluctuations in the grain crops may have a great influence on market prices |