Why Dairying Pays
Parent Issue
Day
13
Month
January
Year
1899
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text
Why Dairying Pays
One of the strongest argumenta in favor of the dairy industry in the older settled states lies in the fact that this business restores farm fertility instead of reducing it. One ton of butter sent from the farm takes away practically no fertility, while a ton of wheat removes about $8.50 of plant food and a ton of corn about $5 worth. Such figures speak for themselves.
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Subjects
Old News
Ann Arbor Argus-Democrat