. Beginnings in agriculture. Agriculture. THE IMPROVEMENT OF ANIMALS 313 bine the two and be slightly larger, with horns that are a trifle shorter. Well and good; some progress has been made toward the ideal. The second step is to use this offspring for one of the parents e f a new generation, and to choose to mate with it an animal of the other. Fig. 173. — Guernsey cow. This animal has descended from parents that were bred, or developed, for dairy type. sex that most nearly represents the ideal. The offspring of this pair is likely to show still further progress toward the ideal. The stockma
. Beginnings in agriculture. Agriculture. THE IMPROVEMENT OF ANIMALS 313 bine the two and be slightly larger, with horns that are a trifle shorter. Well and good; some progress has been made toward the ideal. The second step is to use this offspring for one of the parents e f a new generation, and to choose to mate with it an animal of the other. Fig. 173. — Guernsey cow. This animal has descended from parents that were bred, or developed, for dairy type. sex that most nearly represents the ideal. The offspring of this pair is likely to show still further progress toward the ideal. The stockman who sets out to improve his animals or to create a new type or breed must have patience. His results will come slowly, a little at a time. But so long as he holds to his ideal, and always chooses the parents that most closely resemble that ideal, he will make progress, unless he is trying to accomplish something. 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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