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a powerful stallion. The improvement that can be effected by means of 

 introducing a Shorthorn or Hereford bull in a herd of ordinary cows, is 

 strikingly shown. In sheep, the influence of the ram is, if possible, still 

 more clearly illustrated ; the cross between the Lincoln or Leicester ram 

 and the ordinary grade ewe greatly resembles the ram in appearance, size, 

 and fattening qualities- 



In animals we do not notice so accurately the features of the face, 

 but are attracted far more bv the resemblance offered bv the configuration 

 of the body, and thus we are more impressed wdth the greater the likeness 

 the offspring bears to the sire. Stop the indiscriminate breeding of all 

 kinds and anv kind of breeds of rattle in one herd. Select a breed 



3. A TYPICAL SIRE'S HEAD. 



least adapted to the conditions which exist, and get a sire of the best 

 dairv breeding qualities to be obtained regardless of cost. Use him 

 for at least three seasons and breed the heifer calves back to a sire oT 

 the same familv blood and as far removed from kinship as possible, 

 thereby freshening the herd with new blood, without weakening \t. 

 There is no surer way to produce scrublnjrs than to mix beef and milk 

 breeds and get antagonistic forces and purposes into close contact. While 

 it is quite true that a common cow can Ije bred up and made far better, 

 the continued improvement is only accomplished by keeping to one line 

 of breeding— that of pure-bred sires of the same breed everv time. 

 Never waste time bv first trving one breed and then another. This un- 

 satisfactorv method 'is very noticeable in the dairy herds throughout the 

 State. In a herd of cows, nine out of ten times, as herds go. one will 



