The Sources of Animal Products
UNITED
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POULTRY ON FAR"S
(CHICKENS, TURKEYS. DUCKS, Cf ~ *
NUMBER JAN.
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Fig. 78. The poultry industry coincides rather generally with vegetable growing (Fig. 50),
being almost equally affected by nearness to markets. Tt is concentrated still more closely in the
regions where corn is raised.
H. How the slaughtering industry makes use of its by-products.
1. Only about 56 per cent of a beef carcass is sold as cuts of meat. Explain
what would be the effect on the price of beef if the rest were not used as
by-products.
A boy was asked to make a list of all the things in his room at home that
contained some by-product of the packing house. Can you explain why
he listed each of the following articles?
Tennis racquet Soap Violin Toothbrush Plaster in wall
Jackknife Shoes Baseball Mattress Furniture
I. Sheep and wool.
1. Where are the two main sheep-raising sections of the United States?
Which section raises sheep primarily for meat? Why?
What conditions enable our western states to raise many sheep? Name
the five leading sheep states in this section. Why are there practically
no sheep in southeastern California, southern Nevada. and western
Arizona»
What animal is more profitable than the sheep in North Dakota and the
states to the south of it? :
How does the climate in the southern states make sheep raising less prof-
itable than in the North?
Where does your state stand as a sheep raiser? How do you explain
its position ?