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living for. The same relationship exists between man and 

 all the live animals. All this creates interest and enthusiasm, 

 and without these success cannot be achieved. Contentment 

 and happiness are also necessary to success in any work. If 

 a man is not happy and contented in any work, he will give 

 up such work and take something else even at half the salary. 

 Work in which one can be interested and enthusiastic and in 

 which contentment and happiness prevail, leads to a higher 

 development. Man under such conditions will grow and 

 develop all the possibilities with which his Creator endowed 

 him. Thus livestock farming will result in social and politi- 

 cal reform. It will help to develop a higher type of manhood 

 and aid in the betterment of the world generally. 



The Man. The type of man needed for livestock farming 

 is worthy of consideration. The livestock farmer must 

 necessarily be a grain farmer. As a rule, most of the feeds fed 

 to livestock are grown upon the farm. In addition to this 

 he must know animal husbandry. He must be familiar 

 with the history of breeds so as to know what will result from 

 breeding work. He must know the types within the different 

 breeds. He should also know the type that is likely to be in 

 demand in the future. It takes time to develop a herd of 

 animals and if when developed it is not in demand it has little 

 value. 



The farmer must also know the different feeds; what they 

 are composed of and what results they will give when fed to 

 animals under different conditions. 



It is a well-known fact that many good herdsmen in this 

 country are of foreign birth, often Scotch or English. Such 

 men are brought over especially for this work because they 

 have been both bred and trained for the work of caring for 

 and feeding animals. Great Britain has for centuries been 

 known as a livestock country. It takes more time to develop 

 a livestock man than to develop a herd of livestock. 



A most excellent contribution to this topic appeared in the 

 Breeders' Gazette of June 17, 1915, entitled "The Master 

 Breeder." It was by Dean Davenport, of the College of 

 Agriculture of the University of Illinois, and is given herewith. 

 Dean Davenport said: 



