Value of Exercise 



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EXERCISE 



Exercise is important in maintaining the general 

 health and vigor of animals. The practice of keep- 

 ing milch cows closely confined the year round, 

 while conducive to an increased milk - flow, also 



Fig. 6. A good Yorkshire pig 



tends to weaken the animals' constitutions, and pre- 

 dispose them to disease, especially to tuberculosis. 

 Exercise is necessary to keep the muscles, digestive 

 system, skin and other organs of the body in a 

 healthy condition. But animals that are being fattened 

 for the market should have very little exercise, as ex- 

 ertion consumes some of the food that should go 



