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and kept free from vermin and disease. The product to be 

 marketed through the animals should often be combined with 

 feeds purchased in the market in order to obtain the most profit. 



MANAGEMENT OF THE ANIMALS 



Animals that are kept on the farm should be of the breed best 

 adapted to the farm and to the market for which their product 

 is intended. They should be good individuals of their breed, 

 since it is much more profitable to have a few good ^individuals 



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Fig. 5S9. — Ayrshire Bull, a Good Individual of the Breed 



than to have a large herd of average producers. Many farmers 

 could very much increase the production of the herd by better 

 housing, feeding, and care. The farmer who tries to make winter 

 milk in a cold barn and have his cows drink water through 

 ,a hole in the ice will find it difficult to make a profit. He forgets 

 that the temperature of the barn and the water that the cow 

 drinks must be warmed up by the use of high-priced feeds for fuel. 

 Careful attention should be given to keeping records of the pro- 

 duction and the cast of production of the individual cow. In the 

 case of cows that are pure bred, register-of-merit work should be 



