REASONS FOR ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 



May and harvests it in July and August. 

 He usually threshes it immediately, and is 

 practically without employment for him- 

 self, his teams or his men from September 

 until April. On live stock farms the labor 

 employed in the summer in the field is 

 needed in the winter in paddocks and 

 stables. 



(7) The management of live stock, in- 

 cluding the rearing of poultry and the 

 manipulation of dairy products, may be 

 made to require a higher skill than the pro- 

 duction of farm crops as ordinarily prac- 

 ticed. The communities which have given 

 the most attention to dairying and to the 

 rearing and fattening of animals have gen- 

 erally been the most prosperous. 



DISADVANTAGES OF KEEPING LIVE STOCK 



( i ) Keeping live stock increases the cap- 

 ital required to operate a given area of land, 

 especially where animals are kept in con- 

 nection with the production of hay and 

 grain. Not only must there be capital with 

 which to purchase animals, but usually 

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