33^ AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



tinct period of growth and maturity; the dividing line is quite 

 definitely drawn. In all our types the growing period is in the 

 early stages of life and the earlier as a rule the more important. 

 Consequently, we mus't feed the young things, not wastefully, 

 but liberally — all their after-life depends upon it. After they 

 have reached maturity we must feed if we will realize their pro- 

 ducing capacity. Many men never learn what great cows they 

 have bred until someone else has bought them and fed them to 

 their capacity. 



Weeding, breeding, feeding; these are the stockman's trinity 

 for present and for future achievement, for who can say where 

 today ends and tomorrow begins. Nor, can any man say which 

 of these three is the greatest. 



