PART IV 

 STOCK 



CHAPTER XXVII 



IMPROVEMENT AND FEEDING 



Tlie lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea. 



OKAY. 



260. The Importance of Farm Animals. Man owes much 

 of his progress to live stock. The ox and the horse have 



A DAIRY HERD. 



made history. Until they were domesticated, our fore- 

 fathers were not far removed from savagery. Since they 

 became the companions and the helpers of man, their in- 



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