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fourth is fifteen sixteenths pure, etc. (4) By keeping a 

 record of the quantity and quality of milk each cow gives 

 you can tell which are profitable to raise from and which 

 are not. (5) Good food, clean water, kindness, and care 

 are necessary to successful cattle growing. 



SECTION XLII SHEEP 



The sheep was perhaps the first animal domesticated by 

 man, and to-day the domesticated sheep is found wherever 

 man lives. It is found domesticated or wild in every lati- 

 tude, and finds sustenance and thrives where other animals 



FIG. 178. A YOUNG SHEPHERD 



can scarcely live ; it provides man with meat and clothing, and 



is one of the most profitable and easily cared for of animals. 



Sheep increase so rapidly, mature at such an early age, 



and their flesh is so wholesome for food that most farms 



