| Show A Point in Stock Raising I The conclusion which the stockraiser I i draws from conditions affecting his business i busi-ness must if they contribute to his profit j be direct and practical His is not a I calling which will permit a liberal indulgence in-dulgence in the farfetched and fanciful i There is a straight road from certain I causes to certain ends and it will not do Ito I-to fool along unexplored paths If good I wool is wanted the direct way to produce I it is to buy breed and raise sheep whose wool is of the kind desired not to try to I convert the bearers of mean fleeces into I bearers of a choice article If extra draft strength in a horse is wanted it must be secured in draft bloodnot in attempting to harden the muscles and increase the thoroughbred weight and momentum of the graceful jl I There is no use in wasting time and I money in trying to do someMiin which cannot be done or in trying to adapt one thing to something else to which it is altogether unsuited There is a sufficient I variety of breeds to furnish any specialty which one may desire without attempting I attempt-ing to turn a breed well adapted to othor I purposes in a direction in which it will not go and never was intended to go I Certain breeds of cattle run to milk others to butter others to beefeach excelling I ex-celling in its line If you care for nothing i noth-ing except that it excel in your specialty by all means buy and handle that kind If you prefer a good average in all those without special excellence buy accordingly accord-ingly The same idea is applicable to all kinds of stock In these days the man who fires his I charge into the air without effect has no J one to blame but himself Times and 1 business conditions are full of pointers I for guiding his aim Breeding and stock J raising need not M without both well defined purposes and positive results With his judgment trained by study and reflection every industrious stock raiser ought to succeed |
