Herds and flocks and horses . X. •j^g^ . Herds and Flocks and Horses. 17 WHAT BREEDING IS. BREEDING, in its broad sense, is the propagation of aspecies; but it means very mucli more than this from acommercial standpoint. It means, in meat producinganimals, an improvement through blood lines, selection andindividuality, upon their ancestors. The crossing of two breeds of the same species, a combina-tion of which, in the opinion of experts, would develop benefic-ially in the offspring, certain desirable points outstanding in theone, while not so pronounced in the other; and at the same timeprodu
Herds and flocks and horses . X. •j^g^ . Herds and Flocks and Horses. 17 WHAT BREEDING IS. BREEDING, in its broad sense, is the propagation of aspecies; but it means very mucli more than this from acommercial standpoint. It means, in meat producinganimals, an improvement through blood lines, selection andindividuality, upon their ancestors. The crossing of two breeds of the same species, a combina-tion of which, in the opinion of experts, would develop benefic-ially in the offspring, certain desirable points outstanding in theone, while not so pronounced in the other; and at the same timeproduce other valuable qualities outstanding in the other,while not so well marked in the mate. This method, followedby the most careful selection of stock animals on both sides,and through a system of the most careful registration, hasbeen the means of producing—and especially in Great Britain,wliich leads the world by many lengths as the mother ofscientific as well as practical breeding—a large number ofvarious breeds of the
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