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significant tenant farmer to be found in any out-of-the-way corner of His 

 Majesty's dominions. The most inexperienced breeder in Great Britain 

 is allowed to do that which the oldest and most eminent men in the pro- 

 fession in America are apparently not permitted to do. 



This is of course putting a premium on British enterprise and feedom 

 and placing these same essential qualities among our own people under 

 a heavy discount. What must be the inevitable result of this policy? 

 It comes simply to this: that so long as we discriminate thus unfairly 

 against ourselves we shall have to continue indefinitely to go abroad 

 after cattle where the conditions are such that they can be bred man- 

 fashion. Our own policy would be well suited to a class of small boys. 

 In other words it is childish, and we will never have any great original 

 constructive work in our own country until we learn to recognize good 

 results however obtained. 



Another striking illustration of the fact that there is good blood other 

 than the Scotch in the herd book that should be recognized and not ignored 

 is seen in the case of the champion cow of the International, Mr. Clark's 

 great Welcome of Meadow Lawn 9th. Anyone who will take the trouble to 

 tabulate her pedigree will find about as good a mixture as can be made. 

 Scotch bulls predominate, but you will also run quicldy into Bates-Duchess 

 blood. The case of Mr. Renick's junior champion bull Signet, blending 

 the Marr and Duthie blood with that of "Uncle Abe's" fine old Bates 

 crossed American stock, affords further striking demonstration of the 

 truth of our contention. Many of the other winners were of course 

 squarely within Scotch lines in all directions, but the fact that they 

 were all outclassed in the opinion of the judges by the three outcrossed ani- 

 mals just mentioned should give some pause to those who are disposed 

 to be hypercritical on this subject of the . blood of thousands of good 

 Short-horns that have been produced in England or the United States. 



AS TO BREEDING SHORT-HORNS. 



John Dryden, Whitby Co., Out. in Breeders' Gazette. 



I read with much satisfaction the article entitled "Sense Wanted in 

 Buying Short-horns." It touches a most important question concerning 

 which all has not yet been told. I dare not consent to the declaration 

 that every outcross mingled with the standard blood of the herd will be 

 successful. That depends on so many things, all different in each herd, 

 that he who can wisely weigh the constituent parts and with an unerring 

 intuition come to the right conclusion as shown by results deserves the 

 highest praise. 



Where the breeders in America have erred according to my judge- 

 ment is in the use of the term "pure Scotch." Nothing could be more 

 misleading. It means that all Short-horns bred and reared in Scotland 

 are of equal value. The managing editor of the Gazette knows, for he 

 has stated it in his interesting history of the breed, that all Short-horns 

 in Scotland are not equal in prepotent value; that large numbers ought 

 to be labeled Scotch weeds instead of pure Scotch. It is obvious that no 

 breeder is or can be benefited by transporting them across the sea. The 



