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4. Profitable employment is provided for a season of the 

 year when labor otherwise might be idle. 



5. A return is obtained for capital invested in equipment 

 which, in many instances, were it not utilized by live stock, 

 would return nothing. 



6. When the farmer merely breaks even he has at least 

 made 6 per cent, interest on the money he has invested in the 

 cattle business. 



