TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER 



I. THE IMPORTANCE OF FARM ANIMALS . 



II. HEREDITY: ITS MEANING AND INFLUENCE . 



III. SELECTION AND ITS IMPORTANCE .... 



IV. PEDIGREES AND THEIR VALUE .... 

 V. SUGGESTIONS TO YOUNG BREEDERS . 



VI. COMMUNITY BREEDING OF FARM ANIMALS 



VII. THE COMPOSITION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS 



VIII. THE PROCESS OF DIGESTION 



IX. FEEDING STANDARDS: THEIR ORIGIN AND USE 



X. CALCULATING FEEDING RATIONS 



XI. COARSE FEEDS OR ROUGHAGE .... 



XII. CONCENTRATED FEEDS 



XIII. JUDGING FARM ANIMALS 



XIV. ANIMAL TYPE AND ITS IMPORTANCE . 



XV. THE BREEDS OF HORSES 



XVI. THE POINTS OF THE HORSE .... 



XVII. JUDGING THE HORSE 



XVIII. FEEDING THE HORSE 



XIX. THE CARE OF HORSES 



XX. BREEDS OF BEEF CATTLE . . 



XXI. JUDGING BEEF CATTLE 



XXII. FEEDING BEEF CATTLE 



XXIII. SOME FACTORS INFLUENCING BEEF PRODUCTION 



XXIV. BREEDS OF DAIRY CATTLE 



XXV. JUDGING DAIRY CATTLE 



XXVI. FACTORS INFLUENCING MILK PRODUCTION 



XXVII. FEEDING DAIRY CATTLE 



XXVIII. SOMETHING ABOUT WOOL 



XXIX. THE BREEDS OF SHEEP 



XXX. THE JUDGING OF SHEEP 



XXXI. FEEDING SHEEP 



XXXII. THE CARE OF SHEEP 



XXXIII. THE BREEDS OF SWINE 



XXXIV. JUDGING SWINE 



XXXV. FEEDING SWINE 



XXXVI. THE CARE OF SWINE 



XXXVII. BOYS' AND GIRLS' LIVE-STOCK CLUBS 



XXXVIII. COOPERATIVE LIVE STOCK SHIPPING ASSOCIATIONS 



XXXIX. TYPES AND BREEDS OF POULTRY 



XL. JUDGING POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS 



XLI. CULLING THE POULTRY FLOCK .... 



XLII. EGGS AND INCUBATION 



XLIII. THE FEEDING OF POULTRY 



XLIV. THE POULTRY HOUSE AND EQUIPMENT 



APPENDIX 



INDEX 



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9 



21 



29 



38 



48 



57 



65 



74 



84 



93 



100 



115 



125 



138 



144 



164 



183 



197 



208 



217 



233 



245 



255 



269 



288 



300 



310 



322 



333 



356 



367 



379 



389 



404 



418 



430 



440 



450 



459 



473 



483 



491 



503 



515 



537 



541 



