REASONS FOR ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 



increase in the number of horses and the 

 still greater increase in their value. There 

 are those who have believed that the inven- 

 tion of many beneficent forms of mechanical 

 power would in time, if not in the very near 

 future, supplant the use of animals as a 

 motive power. The fact seems to be, how- 

 ever, that they merely augment man's 

 resources and increase his opportuni- 

 ties without lessening his need for animal 

 power. 



It appears reasonable to suppose that 

 there will be witnessed in the United States 

 a gradual shifting of live stock centers. 

 During the past half century, the great cen- 

 tral West has been noted for the production 

 of live stock, particularly for beef, mutton 

 and wool, as an incident of its pioneer de- 

 velopment. Already the production of 

 large herds of cattle and flocks of sheep has 

 disappeared for the central West, and is 

 now confined largely to Texas and the 

 mountain states. The northeastern states are 

 unrivaled in the production of grass, and 

 have considerable areas less fitted for tillage 



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