CHAPTER XXV 

 GENERAL MANAGEMENT 



THERE are many considerations pertaining to the 

 feeding and management of live-stock that have a more 

 or less common application to all classes of animals and 

 which may be discussed conveniently under one head. 

 They are partly of a business character and to quite an 

 extent lie outside the chemical and physiological princi- 

 ples of nutrition. Some of those questions are matters 

 of much importance, but many of them which relate, for 

 instance, to times and methods of feeding are given a 

 prominence in current discussions out of proportion to 

 their real influence in determining success. It should 

 be understood, too, that many of the details of practice 

 are not limitable by fixed rules but must be variable 

 according to the conditions involved. Tact and judgment 

 are demanded of the farmer who wisely adjusts his 

 practice to business principles. 



511. Factors in general management of animals. 

 General management properly includes, among other 

 considerations, the following topics: 



(1) The selection of animals; (2) manipulation of 

 the ration and manner of feeding; (3) the intensity of 

 feeding; (4) environment and treatment of the animal. 



The object to be sought in feeding animals is the con- 

 version of a unit of food into the largest possible quan- 

 tity of the product best adapted to the producer's com- 

 mercial opportunities, and here the limitations of the 



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