CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



PAOE 



Grain Farming 17 



Soil, 17; The Business of Grain Farming, 24. 



CHAPTER II 



Livestock Farming 20 



Advantages of Livestock Fanning, 28; Fences, 31; The Econ- 

 omy of Livestock, 36; Livestock Necessitates Growing Forage 

 Crops, 37; Returns More Certain. 40; Nature of Farm 

 Problem, 41. 



CHAPTER III 



Farm Animals •">! 



Feeding, 53; Quality, 55; Wealth of Flesh, 50; Constitution, 

 57; Length of Body, 58; Form, 63; Condition, 64; Tempera- 

 ment, 65. 



CHAPTER IV 



Feeds for Animals C"*^^^ 



Protein, 67; Carbohydrates, 70; Fat in a Ration, 73; Mineral 

 Matter, 76; Water, 77; Air or Oxygen, 80; Classification of 

 Feeds, 82; Other Factors in Feeding, 84. 



CHAPTER V 



Animal Breeding 01 



The Man, 91; Reproduction, 93; Heredity, 94; Variation, 

 95; Selection, 96; Environment, 98; Breeding Practice, 100; 

 Gestation, 102; Breeding for sex, 103; Starting a Livestock 

 Farm, 104. 



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