Description
PAY AND DOWNLOAD:
HORSES
SHEEP
CATTLE
SWINE
POULTRY
PROFITABLE LIVESTOCK
INTRODUCTION
Animal husbandry is the sure foundation of profitable, permanent agriculture. Where many
animals are kept and their manure properly cared for and returned to the land, the soil becomes
richer and crop-production steadily increases. And the farmer grows rich with his land.
Further, the keeping of live stock distributes the farm labor and the farm income over the entire
year. This is true whether meat, milk or eggs are the money crops. And certainly both factors
are worthy of consideration from a straight business standpoint. With labor as valuable as it is
at present, lost time cuts into the profits. And when the income is regular, not concentrated in a
short period or dependent upon the success of a single crop, the matter of farm finance is much
simplified.
Consider the richest and most desirable agricultural sections of our great land. With very few
exceptions, the best and most valuable farms are those which are heavily stocked with
domestic animals. Here, too, are found the finest farm homes, the most prosperous and
contented farm families. And this fact, which is so well established that it requires no