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CHAPTER XVIII 



LIVE STOCK ON THE DRY FARM 



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1. WHY STOCK SHOULD BE KEPT ON THE DRY FARM 425 



(a) To prevent waste on the farm . 



(b) To prevent waste on the range. 



(c) To encourage diversity in production. 



(d) To maintain fertility in the land. 



(e) To increase the revenues from the farm . 



2. THE KIND OF LIVE STOCK TO GROW 427 



(a) Deciding this question is difficult. 



(b) Some of the determining influences. 



(c) The kinds of stock that must be grown. 



(d) The kinds of stock that may be grown . 



3. STOCKING THE DRY FARM 428 



(a) Why the introduction should be gradual. 



(b) The stock that a dry farm will carry. 



(c) The wisdom of not overstocking. 



4. HORSES ON THE DRY FARM 430 



(a) The utilization of brood mares. 



(b) The early wintering of horses. 



(c) The large return for the numbers kept. 



(d) Foods that may be fed to horses. 



5. DAIRY CATTLE ON THE DRY FARM 431 



(a) The foods to feed in summer. 



(b) The foods to feed in winter. 



(c) When the cows should be dry. 



(d) Disposing of the product. 



6. BEEF CATTLE ON THE DRY FARM 432 



(a) They will be grown by two methods. 



(b) How grown when the calves are hand fed. 



(c) How grown when suckled by the dams. 



(d) Disposal of the product. 



7. SHEEP ON THE DRY FARM 434 



(a) When grown on the farm. 



(b) When simply fattened on the farm. 



(c) Disposal of the product. 



8. SWINE ON THE DRY FARM 436 



(a) In conjunction with dairying. 



(b) Where dairying is not practised. 



(c) Disposing of the product. 



9. POULTRY ON THE DRY FARM *. 437 



(a) The excellence of the conditions for growing it. 



(b) The foods for poultry. 



(c) Disposing of the product. 



10. INFLUENCES THAT BEAR UPON THE AREA OF THE DRY 



FARM 438 



(a) The amount of the precipitation. 



(b) The capacity of the individual. 



(c) The style of the farming followed. 



