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the wagon or manure spreader. Feed carriers should also be provided in 

 order to save carrying a large amount of feed. 



Arrangement of Labor. — The amount of labor necessary to care for 

 the livestock should be reduced to a minimum. This can be done by 

 arranging convenient quarters in which to feed the livestock. The farmer's 

 and livestock producer's business should be so arranged that the bulk of 

 the labor connected with the livestock comes during the winter. If this 

 is done it means that the labor employed upon the farm can be distributed 

 more equally throughout the entire year. It can be used to work the fields 

 during the summer and care for the livestock during the winter. Very 



Open Sheds for Steer Feeding. 1 



Shelter of this character is less expensive than warm barns, and wherever the climate is 

 not too severe steers make better gains for feed consumed than when sheltered 

 in warm barns. 



little labor is required during the summer if plenty of pasture of the proper 

 kind is provided. Such distribution of labor also makes it possible to secure 

 more competent help than where it can be employed only during a portion 

 of the year. 



The Kind of Farm Animals. — The class of farm animals to keep will 

 depend entirely upon the location and equipment of the farm. On farms 

 where a large amount of pasture and rough feed is produced, beef cattle 

 and sheep are best adapted. This is also true of farms where there is no 



i Courtesy of Dept. of Animal Husbandry, Pennsylvania State College. 



