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erly fattened, he must be sold. If held for any length of 
time, not only is there a constant outlay for food to main- 
tain the animal, but the condition of the animal may actu- 
ally deteriorate. 
Marketable animals cannot be held for better markets like grain 
or merchandise. A rise in price of feeding stuffs often seriously 
affects the profit of animals that are being fitted for the market. It 
requires continual vigilance on the part of the stockman to meet 
these several disadvantages as they arise. 
14. Man’s contract with animals——Since some animals 
have responded to domestication, a sort of contract is 
implied in their consent. In return for the services they 
render to mankind they are entitled to protection from 
cold, heat, storms and annoying enemies; to suitable food 
for their nourishment; to sanitary quarters for their 
health and comfort; and to humane treatment for their 
physical and mental happiness. On farms where these 
attentions are bestowed the best service is rendered the 
owner. On the other hand, if farm animals are abused, 
poorly nourished, or improperly housed, they return less 
wool, less milk, less pork, less beef and less labor than 
on neighboring farms where these fundamentals are 
neither neglected nor ignored. 
15. Live stock industry just begun—Much as domestic 
animals have done for us, their work is only started. For 
all time they must continue to furnish the human race 
with food, clothing, labor, and other necessities. Our in- 
debtedness to them will continue rather than diminish. 
The work of the future will lie in the direction of better 
care, better feed, and more skillful mating of breeding 
stock. Thus scrubs and mongrels will become more and 
more unprofitable. Substituted for such will come effi- 
cient animals of quality breeding, each class or breed 
adapted to its peculiar purpose and special service, that 
the cheapest meat or milk or wool may be secured. 
