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 CHAPTER I. 



THE LIVE STOCK FIELD 4 



Live stock most important factor in farm life Its 

 production not keeping pace with population 

 Statistics show supply short of actual requirements 

 Some problems of profitable stock production 

 Valuable land demands more efficient animals 

 Rich land depends upon live stock Value of ma- 

 nure should receive greater appreciation The need 

 of more and better animals Breed better and feed 

 better. 



CHAPTER II. 

 PRINCIPLES OF PERMANENT AGRICULTURE 18 



What permanent soil use requires China, India and 

 other famine-plagued countries have small live stock 

 supply The prosperous agriculture of western Eu- 

 rope coincident with large stock production Russia 

 has little live stock and an eight-bushel wheat 

 yield Abandoned tobacco lands of Maryland and 

 Virginia were worn out by the one-crop system 

 Some accepted principles of soil maintenance Ro- 

 tation alone not sufficient Permanent agriculture 

 established most easily by means of systems of live 

 stock farming Care of live stock demands high use 

 of intelligence Is conducive to contentment on 

 farm Makes for better citizenship Discourages 

 itineracy of farm labor Live stock is the connect- 

 ing link between rotation and permanent agricul- 

 ture. 



CHAPTER III. 

 AGRICULTURAL SITUATION IN THE EAST 32 



New England and ,North Atlantic states need a 

 new agriculture Movement of eastern migration 

 Abandoned farms can be acquired cheaply Dairy- 

 ing, poultry, sheep and swine should be made the 

 basis of operations Unlimited markets easily ac- 

 cessible Dairying demands clover, builds up soil, 



