. Beginnings in agriculture. Agriculture. 240 AGRICULTURE Animals that are being fattened for market slioukl have only sufficient exercise to keep the body in good condition. Exercise requires energy and in fattening animals all the energy possible must be saved for storing as reserve Fig, 122. — Clean milk is likely to be produeed here. Cleanliness. — Animals require clean food, clean water, and clean quarters, and must themselves be kept clean. Filthy con- ditions breed disease, and diseased animals are a loss to the farmer. We commonly think of pigs as very uncleanly animals; but if t


. Beginnings in agriculture. Agriculture. 240 AGRICULTURE Animals that are being fattened for market slioukl have only sufficient exercise to keep the body in good condition. Exercise requires energy and in fattening animals all the energy possible must be saved for storing as reserve Fig, 122. — Clean milk is likely to be produeed here. Cleanliness. — Animals require clean food, clean water, and clean quarters, and must themselves be kept clean. Filthy con- ditions breed disease, and diseased animals are a loss to the farmer. We commonly think of pigs as very uncleanly animals; but if they have opportunity to choose their own beds, they will keep cleaner than they usually are in the pens. Pigs thrive in ^pite of their filthy surroundings, not because of such surroundings. Nearly all animals are naturally cleanl}^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mann, Albert Russell, 1880-. New York, Macmillan company


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