150 FEEDS AND FEEDING 



On the other hand he will come to appreciate that a proper balancing 

 of the rations for his stock not only benefits the animals, but also in- 

 creases his profits; that comfort for farm stock can be secured in 

 inexpensive, easy ways, and that the operations of preparing and 

 administering feed are really simple and direct, when once understood. 

 He will further come to the deep and fundamental realization that 

 animal husbandry under normal conditions is most successful when com- 

 bined with general farming and the raising of farm crops, that it rests 

 upon pasture lots which are fertilized so as to produce abundant forage 

 and upon tilled fields which are so managed that the fertility is main- 

 tained and bumper crops are grown, a large part of which is marketed 

 thru the animals of the farm. 



Having discussed in the preceding chapters the fundamental principles 

 governing the rational feeding and care of the various classes of farm 

 animals, let us now consider in detail the value of the many different 

 feeding stuffs for live stock. 



