CHAPTER 6 



THE FARM MANAGEMENT POINT OF VIEW ON 

 SOME LIVE-STOCK PROBLEMS 



AMOUNT OF LIVE-STOCK TO KEEP 



131. Live-stock largely produced by cheap food. All 

 kinds of live-stock use a considerable amount of cheap food 

 that would have little value for other purposes. 



In 1910, there was an average of 50 chickens for the 

 farms keeping chickens, and a little over four turkeys on 

 farms that kept turkeys in the United States. This 



FIG. 57. Turkeys gathering their own food. Those who use expen- 

 sive feed must compete with the product that is largely grown on 

 cheap feed. 



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