92 ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE 



and get "scabby" and "lousy." Unless carefully at- 

 tended to, horses get the thrush or contracted feet, are 

 "foundered" and ruined. Cows exposed to wet and 

 cold, or chased by dogs, "shrink in milk." All these 

 conditions cause great loss to the farmer. No one can 

 doubt that it pays to take good care of the stock. 



Advantages of Good Stock. Now for the other 

 proposition : It costs no more, in feed and care, to 

 raise a good animal than it does to raise a poor one. 



FANCY SHEEP. 



A scrub cow takes as much stable room, eats as much 

 hay, requires as much pasture, takes as much time to 

 milk, needs as much general attention, and, in the end, 

 returns about half as much product to the farmer. A 

 "scrub" colt requires all that a blooded colt requires 

 and is worth about half as much on the market. A 

 "scrub" sheep is no better than a "scrub" cow. She 

 produces about half as much wool and raises a "scrub" 

 lamb that sells for about half what a good one brings. 



