32 MANAGEMENT AND FEEDING OF SHEEP 



luxury in the line of meat, and the marvel is that so few 

 of the farmers avail themselves of the opportunity to en- 

 joy it. 



The influence on the cost of living is very material. 

 In the average home where all the food consumed is pur- 

 chased, meat is the most costly item of the living. Where 

 it is not reared it must, of course, be purchased; hence 

 the wisdom of trying to render such outlay unnecessary 

 as far as practicable by growing home supplies of meat 

 on the farm. 



