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they are sensible and willing to give information, gained from the field 

 of experience, which, to the young man or beginner seeking knowledge, 

 is invaluable. A public sale is attended and here, to, a new field is 

 found for observation and instruction. By this time the breeding of 

 pure bred stock is a subject that has taken hold of the family and has 

 not only been the means of broadening their views of life, but has also 

 brought them into prominence as progressive people, and soon the 

 sous and daughters are in demand from those seeking to employ young 

 men and women of good families to fill responsible positions of trust at 

 remunerative compensations. The sons and daughters from such 

 families also invariably enjoy superior advantages when it comes to the 

 matter of selecting a life companion and thus the educational influences 

 arising frmo the first start iu the pure bred stock business goes on and 

 on from generation, w^eldmg an immense influence for good in their own 

 immediate community and to society in general. 



The improvement of one's moral status, as well as the educational 

 advantages obtained from breeding pure bred stock, is also a matter 

 worthy of consideration. The more nearly one's time is occupied in 

 studying questions relative to any form of improvement, the' less time 

 they have to devote to the trivial non-essentials of life. One of the first 

 things to be learned by the beginner in the breeding of pure bred stock 

 is that all future substantial success in the business depends upon his 

 standing and reputation as an honest man. Absolute and unqualified 

 honor is an essential requisite to success in this business, because a 

 man's word and representations are the only guides we have as to the 

 identity of his stock and the reliability of their breeding, age, etc. If 

 it is once learned that a breeder has misrepresented the age, breeding, 

 or anything pertaining to record of his stock, he soon loses caste and is 

 viewed with suspicion thereafter. Thus it is that a man's moral status 

 is given a^^xitional impetus and support after he has engaged in the 

 breeding of pure bred stock. 



Fearing that this article will be too long we will but briefly refer to 

 the "Public Sale" feature of the subject. The "Public Sale" along with 

 the agricultural press, the agricultural college and public exhibitions of 

 fine stock is exerting a mighty infllence both in an educational way and 

 in the distribution of such stock. Many a farmer attends a public sale 

 and secures his first impression of the vital importance of breeding 

 improved stock. Here he learns by way of actual demonstration that it is 

 profitable to breed and sell pure bred animals for breeding purposes. 

 In this way the well informed, intelligent auctioneer is in position to do 

 much good and be of advantage to both the buyer and -the seller. I have 

 heard prominent breeders declare that they had received some of their 

 most valuable lessons from attending public sales. There was a time 

 when the public sale was looked upon with suspicion, but that time, I 

 am thankful to say, is passed and today no business is run upon a higher 

 plane of business ethics than the selling of pure bred live stock by auc- 

 tion. As a convenient and satisfactory means of disposing of one's 

 surplus stock, or for closing out one's business, the public sale has come 

 to be recognized as being indispensable. 

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