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<br />t1I <br /> <br />Livestock <br /> <br />Livestock production is not a particularly i8portant in- <br /> <br />dustry on the project. A few farmers, growing wheat exclusively, <br /> <br />) <br /> <br />keep no livestock at all. A small number raise a few beef cattle or <br /> <br />sheep. Most farmers own dairy cattle but they are kept primarily as <br /> <br />a side line to furnish home needs and to supply a small regular cash <br /> <br />income. Not many have sufficient cows to qualify as dairymen. Of <br /> <br />15 farmers reporting dairy stock only 7 kept hogs and in three of <br /> <br />these cases only one hog each was reported. Nearly all farmers keep <br /> <br />two or three dozen hens to supply eggs for home use and to give a small <br /> <br />cash income. Most of the farmers canvassed reported a few turkeys <br /> <br />raised for market. Horses and mules are kept only for farm use and the <br /> <br />number per farm is not large. A complete census of farm animals for <br /> <br />~ <br />\~~, <br /> <br />the project is not available. <br /> <br />With_a fully developed project it appears likely that the <br /> <br />number of livestock, particularly dairy cattle, hogs, and possibly <br /> <br />chickens, will increase. The increased production of forage and feed <br /> <br />grains such as corn, barley and oats in place of wheat may encourage <br /> <br />some increase in the production of beef cattle and sheep. If sugar <br /> <br />beet growing becomes important and a sugar factory locates in the <br /> <br />region, beet tops, beet pulp, and moless0s supplies .vill further en- <br /> <br />courage farmers to feed out livestock. <br /> <br />20 <br />