. Productive agriculture . 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 42
. Productive agriculture . 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 Periods of Greatest Prosperity. .^^^ ^^j^t^^^4» Fig. 188. — A Shorthorn bull in good condition. cattle. Bankers do not refuse loans on such have been Producers of Animals. — The nations which are theleading and most progressive have been and are consumers oflarge quantities of meat and animal products. They likewiseare consumers of vegetable products. Those nations whichhave a low state of civihzation consume either meats alone orvegetable products alone. The barbarian uses either an entiremeat diet, or an entire grain diet. The nations that consumeeither exclusively are usually in a low state of civilization. We 426 PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURE need to refer only to China and Russia to illustrate this Romans, Greeks, and Hebrews consumed meat to a con-siderable extent. From the first two races we received muchin the way of laws and Uterature; from the Hebrews we re-ceived the Old and the New Testament, and Christianity. TheTeutonic race, comprising the peoples of England, Germany,
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