CHAPTER XIV 



ANIMAL INDUSTRY 



ANIMAL industry has in the past been 

 considered among the extensive rather 

 than the intensive industries. It is quite 

 true that the grazing of cattle on a thousand 

 hills is extensive agriculture, but animal indus- 

 try is not confined to cattle and sheep grazing. 

 It includes the breeding of thoroughbred stock 

 of various sorts, and the rearing and fattening 

 of animals for special purposes, such as hot- 

 house lambs and pigs for special brands of sau- 

 sage and bacon. These industries are highly 

 intensive and require great knowledge, care, 

 and skill on the part of the manager. 



Breeding of Thoroughbred Animals. No 

 branch of agriculture requires greater skill, 

 keener judgment, and more constant attention 

 for success than animal-breeding. No line of 

 agricultural work, however, affords greater sat- 

 isfaction or better rewards than successful 

 breeding. The original investment in animals 

 of high individual merit from the leading fami- 

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