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CAUFOB^^fjOMPOSITION OF ANIMALS 181 



PART VI- An im ax, Production 



CHAPTER X X X 1 1 1.— Composition of Animals 



169. Stock Farming. — Farm crops are either sold 

 direct from the farm, or elflfl turned into animals or 

 animal products, which are sold. The latter practice 

 is called stock farming, only such crops being grown 

 as arc needed to feed the animals. This is the highest 

 order of fanning, as it requires ool only i knowledge 

 of how to grow crops, but of how to breed and feed 

 animals. The stock farmer is both a grower of crops 

 and a manufaetnivr «.f hV>h. There are many kinds 

 of stock farm*; for instance there are cattle farms, 

 •beep farms, goat farms, horse farms, poultry farms, 

 and dairy farms, all run for the production of animals. 

 Almost every farmer is more or lee* a itock raiser, for 

 some animals must be kept on every farm to help with 

 the farm work. It is important that all farmers should 

 know how to feed and care for animals, and for stock 

 Carmen inch knowledge ii absolutely n In 



order to feed animals to the best advantage it i< well 

 to know something of the animal's body and how it 

 is built ii]). 



170. Composition of Animal Bodies. — Bones and lash 

 make up a large part of the bodies of animals; the 

 bones servo as a sort of framework which the flesh 

 binds together. Through the flesh run the nerval and 

 blood vessels — veins and arteries; and, protected by the 



