. Productive agriculture . that sheep consume feeds that hogs will not use, the con-clusion may be drawn that sheep are the most profitable of allthe animals, under certain conditions. The raw products cannot always be shipped to market profit-ably. For illustration, the dairy cow utilized about 48 poundsof feed stuffs to manufacture one pound of butter. The rawmaterials have a low selling value per pound, but a pound ofbutter may sell for 35 cents per pourid. The freight charges intransporting the raw materials would be extremely costly inproportion to the value of the product sent; while the
. Productive agriculture . that sheep consume feeds that hogs will not use, the con-clusion may be drawn that sheep are the most profitable of allthe animals, under certain conditions. The raw products cannot always be shipped to market profit-ably. For illustration, the dairy cow utilized about 48 poundsof feed stuffs to manufacture one pound of butter. The rawmaterials have a low selling value per pound, but a pound ofbutter may sell for 35 cents per pourid. The freight charges intransporting the raw materials would be extremely costly inproportion to the value of the product sent; while the finishedproduct can be shipped at a comparatively low cost. Animals 424 PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURE hold an important relation to permanent agriculture becausethey are manufacturers. Stock Farming Gives More Constant Employment. — It tendsto distribute labor. In grain farming all the labor is demandedin a short period. Stock farming causes a diversity of crops tobe grown, and this of itself causes a more even distribution of. Fig. 1S7. — A Longhom bull in poor condition. Bankers do not give loans on scrub cattle. labor, and stock always needs attention. As was indicated inthe previous chapter, all the labor in connection with timothyhay comes in about one month, or one-twelfth of the entire yearGenerally speaking, men get paid according to the time theywork ; one-twelfth time, one-twelfth pay. Read the chapter onfarm labor. Our agriculture will not be nearly so permanentuntil the labor on the farm becomes more constant. Stock farm-ing tends to give constant employment. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 425 Stock Farming will often Increase the Profits. — This is espe-cially true where young stock, stock of the proper conformation,quality, and disposition, are used, and where the farmer knowshow to secure economic gains from them. Bankers seldom turndown a loan on young growing stock, especially if it is of theright kind. See the contrast in Figs. 187 and 188. The Leading Nations in their Peri
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