22 BEGINNINGS IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 



hills is usually finer and sweeter than on the lowlands. In 

 various parts of the wo'rld where the land is naturally poor 

 or of a rough character, stock farming is an important indus- 

 try. In fact, no' other kind of farming is so well adapted to 

 these conditions. On the Cheviot Hills of Scotland, the 

 principal industry is that of sheep raising, grass and sheep 

 being the two crops. In Switzerland, high up on the moun- 

 tain sides are pastures which annually furnish feed for many 

 dairy cows. On the rough, cheap hillsides of New England, 

 dairy cattle are the most important source of income to the 

 farmer. On the high, grassy hills of eastern Ohio, western 

 Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, are to be found the largest 

 flocks of sheep in this country east of the Missouri River. 



In the Southwest and far West of the United States, on 

 the cheaper rolling or broken lands, will be found extensive 

 herds and flocks. In the Northwest, among the cut-over 

 lands that have been deprived of their timber by the lumber- 

 men, dairy cattle and dairymen are being developed on a 

 greater scale than elsewhere in America. In fact the farmer 

 generally plans on the use of his cheaper, poorer lands as 

 pasture for stock. Rightly handled, these lands in most 

 cases greatly increase in producing capacity and value. In- 

 asmuch as live stock also finds an appropriate place on the 

 more fertile and level farms, we must recognize the fact that 

 animals are adapted to greater extremes of soil and land con- 

 ditions than are the staple crops. Thus animals in a world- 

 wide sense become subjects of great importance and interest. 



