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spreader and the application of manure as soon as 

 available will all tend toward greater fertility of 

 farm lands and will result in larger net profit to the 

 agricultural population. If, in connection with all 

 these things, the need of more and better animals 

 is fully realized, the future of the agriculture of 

 America is assured. It does not pay to keep scrub 

 animals. They eat just as much, and in some cases 

 more, longer time is required for maturity and lower 

 prices must be accepted. Consequently, why not 

 get good breeding stock and reap the largest re- 

 ward? The profitable live stock are animals that 

 are well bred and well fed. 



Some attention must also be given to keeping 

 animals in a thrifty, growing condition, from the 

 time they are born until disposed of. A little 

 neglect at any period will result in a stunted con- 

 dition which will require large amounts of feed 

 and care to correct in fact, neglect at any stage of 

 the game can never be fully made up, no matter 

 how much time and money is spent in trying to 

 do it. 



Bear in mind, therefore that the live stock field 

 in the United States is comparatively unlimited, 

 that there are fortunes in raising live stock in con- 

 nection with general farming, for although the day 

 of the big stock ranch is past, there is more money 

 to be made and distributed among a larger number 

 of farmers than ever before; that the number of 

 first-class animals in the United States is not nearly 

 as large as it should be ; that for the coming century, 

 at any rate, there is no probability of raising live 

 stock at a loss, if properly handled, for in connec- 

 tion with the raising of live stock, feeds are con- 

 sumed at home and permanent fertility of the land 

 is maintained. 



