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number of fowls can pick up a large part of their living 

 around the farm at very little cost. The great bulk of 

 the eggs produced come from these small farm flocks. If 

 one keeps a large number of fowls so that nearly all the 

 feed is good grain, he must be very skillful and have a 

 good market, or he cannot compete with the general 

 market that is dominated by eggs from the small farm 

 flocks. 



Most of the dairy products of the world are produced 

 by small herds of cows that are kept by farmers who 



FIG. 58. Using cheap feed to carry animals over winter and produce 

 manure. Most of the butter and meat is then produced on pasture. 



derive most of their income from some other source. In 

 1900, dairy cows were kept by 79 per cent of the farms in 

 the United States, but only 6 per cent of the farms de- 

 rived as much as 40 per cent of the income from dairy 

 products. Butter production is particularly a side line; 



