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The lack of capital is one of the greatest drawbacks to 

 keeping farms well stocked; local banks help solve the problem 

 by lending money to farmers. The Federal Farm Loan Act 

 (passed in 1916) is intended to furnish farmers with sufficient 

 capital to enable them to extend their farm operations. 



Types and breeds of farm animals. So far our study of 

 farm animals has been an attempt to answer three questions: 

 Why keep them? How produce them? What kinds to keep? 

 We need next to consider some of the main facts concerning 

 the production of the great classes of farm animals. Each of 

 the next six chapters will be devoted to particular problems 

 concerning the production of one of these classes. 



