12 CONTENTS 



Chapter 41. BEAUTIFYING HOME GROUNDS 531 



The survey — Planning for convenience — Formal ornamentation — Informal orna- 

 mentation — Lawn planting — Use of flowers — Suggested materials. 



Chapter 42. WINDOW GARDENING 539 



Drainage — Soil and exposure — Method of potting — Watering — Feeding plants — 

 Ferns and foliage plants — Flowering plants — Plant lice. 



BOOK IV. LIVESTOCK FARMING (ANIMAL HUSBANDRY) 



Chapter 43. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF KEEPING LIVE- 

 STOCK 547 



Value and importance of livestock. 



Advantages of Livestock. 

 Animals furnish food, labor and clothing — Animals make use of land otherwise 

 unproductive — Animals utilize crops that would be wholly or partly wasted — 

 Animals transform coarse, bulky products into concentrated form — Animals 

 return fertility to the soil — Livestock facilitate good crop rotations — Capital more 

 fully used — Livestock call for higher skill — More land may be farmed with the 

 same labor. 



Disadvantages of Livestock. 

 Animals require larger capital— Capital of perishable nature — Products cannot 

 be indefinitely held — Crop failures may cause loss on livestock. 



Chapter 44.. BREEDING, CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF FARM ANIMALS. . 553 



Breeding of Livestock. 

 History (if animal breeding — Lines of breeding — Selection of a breed — Pedigree — 

 ( '.''station period. 



Care of Livestock. 

 Preparation of feeds — Feeding condimental stock feeds — Care of the breeding 

 herd — Care of work animals — Assist animals at time of giving birth to then young. 



Management of Livestock. 

 Open sheds — Arrangement of labor — The kind of farm animals — Regularity in 

 feeding and watering — Observing individuals — Keep up records — Preparation 

 and snipping livestock. 



Chapter 45. FEEDS AND FEEDING 562 



Introduction — Chemical composition of feeding-stuffs — Water — Mineral matter — 

 Crude protein — Carbohydrates — The fats — Digestion of the nutrients — The 

 nutritive ratio— The energy value, of feeding-stuffs — Feeding-stuffs — Concen- 

 trates — Roughages — The requirements of farm animals — The balanced ration — 

 The Wolff-Lehmann standards — The Armsby standards — The Haecker standard 

 for dahy cows. 



Chapter 46. HORSES AND MULES 573 



Development of type — The light horse — Draft type — The mule — Market require- 

 ments — The age of the horse — Horse feedings — Feeds for the horse — Grain — 

 Roughages — Watering — The work horse — The foal — The orphan foal — The brood 

 mare — The stallion. 



Standard Rations. 

 Foals — Work horses — Brood mare — Grooming. 



Chapter 47. BEEF CATTLE 584 



Sources of profit — Breeding pure-bred cattle — Producing stockers and feeders — 

 Grazing cattle — Fattening cattle — Fitting show animals. 



