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Show BLOOD NOT THE ONLY THING Improved Ilreefla of I.lve Stoclt Keacliail by Cure und "rvedlnic. It hna been anld that tho kind of live alock kept In a community ninrka the advance of tho commuuliy'a prog-rem prog-rem na much aa the kind of achool hoiitca. In aelectliig live Block wo have no better guldo than tho well-recnmilcU well-recnmilcU law of aelecllon furnlHhed by uiituro. The practice of careful and IntclllKcnt aelecllon ahould be thoroiiKbly undemtood by nil fame era. Hmall llocka of abcep, berda o( cattle and even the pig exhibit a an-periorlly an-periorlly ns a reault of the cure be-atou-ed upon them. The nveniKo farmer will auccced better III tlio work of Improving hla In nil atock by lining puro bred alrea mid griidlug up than by liivehtlng too much money In hlKh prlcod breeding nnlmnla. Many farmera who linvo attempted to breed pure bred ntiliuula have been aorcly dlvappolnted. While they be. Kan, perhapa, with good foundation Mock nnd undoubtedly would have succeeded had they given Ilium proper care and feeding, yet the Id.'il nccuied ao (Irmly llxed upon their mlnda that If the Improved milmala were bitter I hull Hie common onua they formerly kept they would provo more prohl-ublo prohl-ublo than the common onea, even when they were kept under Die anme conditions. Thla theory In all wrong The Improved breeda of live atock have all been brought to their present high atntu of perfection by aelectlon, liberal feeding and good cure and union un-ion we are prepared to continue, thla treatment wo hnd better keep along with our common herds mid flocka that have becomo more or lesa uccua-tomed uccua-tomed to linnlkhlpa and neglect. |
