278 Agricultural Gazelle of N.S.JF. [^^H/ 2, 1908. 



fats vei-y quicklv ami cNcnly, and the tlesli is \ ory (IcHcate, tender, and 

 juicy ; the skin thin, and not <>i!y like that of the Toulouse. Kinhdeu 

 "anders, or wese of larire tVanie, do not come to niaturitv until two years, 

 some growing for a longer jieriod. In ISoS, ^Ir. l"'o\\lcrs jiair of White 

 Kml)den at Birmin^liani show weighed 57 lb. ; Mr. Mansticld's, second prize, 

 55 11). ; third jai/.e Ix'ing 51 II). At I'irniinLihani, the folluwin^' vear, Mr. 

 Price wiin with a ]iair weighing Go H). : the next, o.'i Ih. ; and thf thiid. 



Embdens. 



4S II). At the Crystal Palace in ISGI, the lirst piiz(- paii- weighed ()•'> 11).. 

 and then for a number of yeai's they deteriorated in size. The hist prize 

 pair at l'>irniinghani in ISJS were l)ut IS lb. .Mr. Weir attril)Uted the 

 decrease in the wcii^hts to the fooli'^h fallacv of erossing the l)reeils. which. 

 for the time may be successful, but is detrimental to the iinpiovcnient of anv 

 variety in the end, adding, '• I have always found that keeping anv ^ari(>ty 

 of p(Mdtry or other stock pure, and selecting the sti'ongest, healthiest, and 

 best formed, is the light way to attain the highest and, at the same time, 

 the most permanent e.\celleiu-e ; and I hose breeders who act on this princijile 

 always find the oio-cnv not onlv come truer ami moic e((iial in their lifneral 

 characteristics, but they maintain an evenness and ipiality which is not to be 

 procured in any other way ; at least, such is my firm ojiinion. gained from 

 observation and a life experience." 



