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CHAPTER I. 



The Live Stock Field 4 



Live stock most important factor in farm life — Its 



g reduction not keeping pace with population — 

 tatistics show supply short of actual requirements 

 — Some problems of profitable stock production — 

 Valuable land demands more efficient animals-^ 

 Rich land depends upon live stock — Value of ma- 

 nure should receive greater appreciation — The need 

 of more and better animals — Breed better and feed 

 better. 



CHAPTER II. 



Principles op Permanent Agriculture 18 



What permanent soil use requires — China, India and 

 other famine-plagued coimtries have small live stock 

 supply — The prosperous agriculture of western Eu- 

 rope coincident with large stock production — Russia 

 has little live stock and an eight-bushel wheat 

 yield — Abandoned tobacco lands of Maryland and 

 Virginia were worn out by the one-crop system — 

 Some accepted principles of soil maintenance— r-Ro- 

 tation alone not sufiicient — Permanent agriculture 

 established most easily by means of systems of live 

 stock farming — Care of live stock demands high use 

 of intelligence — Is conducive to contentment on 

 farm — ^Makes for better citizenship — Discourages 

 itineracy of farm labor — Live stock is the connect- 

 ing link between rotation and permanent agricul- 

 ture. 



CHAPTER III. 



Agricultural Situation in the East 32 



New England and North Atlantic states need a 

 new agriculture — ^Movement of eastern migration — 

 Abandoned farms can be acquired cheaply — Dairy- 

 ing, poultry, sheep and swine should be made the 

 basis of operations — Unlimited markets easily ac- 

 cessible — Dairying demands clover, builds up soil. 



