. Domesticated animals and plants; a brief treatise upon the origin and development of domesticated races, with special reference to the methods of improvement. Breeding; Domestic animals; Plants, Cultivated. SYSTEMATIC IMPROVEMENT OF ANIMALS 191 improvement is possible except by an outlay of labor and expense beyond that even of pure breeding, and at a cost of time far beyond that of grading. It is difficult to realize why farmers do not more generally avail themselves of this perfectly rational and exceedingly eco- nomical means of improvement, and see in their yards at once crops of uniform
. Domesticated animals and plants; a brief treatise upon the origin and development of domesticated races, with special reference to the methods of improvement. Breeding; Domestic animals; Plants, Cultivated. SYSTEMATIC IMPROVEMENT OF ANIMALS 191 improvement is possible except by an outlay of labor and expense beyond that even of pure breeding, and at a cost of time far beyond that of grading. It is difficult to realize why farmers do not more generally avail themselves of this perfectly rational and exceedingly eco- nomical means of improvement, and see in their yards at once crops of uniform young instead of the motley lot that disgrace. Fig. 30. Medium (butcher) cow, $ per hundredweight After Mumford most of our barnyards. Their failure to do this is due to noth- ing but their failure to look ahead, to figure out the final out- come, and to look facts squarely in the face. The young people who read these pages can do a lasting service by using their influence in every way possible to hasten the use of better sires. All old countries have learned the lesson long ago. We need to learn it at once. Let the young people start it and hariji 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 Davenport, E. (Eugene), 1856-1941. Boston, New York, Ginn and company
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