CHAPTER X 



LIVE STOCK ON THE FARM 



Animals are farm machines. They convert 

 the raw materials of the place into manufac- 

 tured products. Hay, straw, grain and other 

 feeds are converted and condensed into beef, 

 mutton, milk, butter, eggs, etc. Transportation 

 charges are cut and distant markets thereby 

 made available. 



The manufacturer must watch the efficiency 

 of his machinery and when a given type proves 

 a losing proposition it must go to the scrap- 

 heap and be replaced by a better type. Most 

 farms have animals that belong in the scrap- 

 heap, and few dairy herds are without cows that 

 are kept at a loss. 



There are certain risks in live-stock farming. 

 Disease may destroy the capital invested in ani- 

 mals ; tuberculosis may wipe out a dairy ; chol- 



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