CHAPTER XXVII 



GENERAL MANAGEMENT 



THERE are many considerations pertaining to the 

 feeding and management of live stock that have a 

 more or less common application to all classes of 

 animals and which may be discussed conveniently 

 under one head. They are partly of a business char- 

 acter and to quite an extent lie outside the chemical 

 and physiological principles of nutrition. Some of 

 those questions are matters of much importance, but 

 many of them which relate, for instance, to times and 

 methods of feeding are given a prominence in current 

 discussions out of proportion to their real influence 

 in determining success. It should be understood, too, 

 that many of the details of practice are not limitable 

 by fixed rules but must be variable according to the 

 conditions involved. Tact and judgment are demanded 

 of the farmer who wisely adjusts his practice to busi- 

 ness principles. 



General management properly includes, among 

 other considerations, the following topics: 



(1) The selection of animals; (2) manipulation of 

 the ration and manner of feeding; (3) the intensity 

 of feeding; (4) environment and treatment of the 

 animal. 



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