The 

 Human 

 Harvest 



Selectinje 

 breeding 



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cated animal or plant, it is possible, with a 

 little attention, to produce wonderful 

 changes for the better. Almost anything 

 may be accomplished with time and 

 patience. To select for posterity those in- 

 dividuals which best meet our needs or 

 please our fancy, and to destroy those with 

 unfavorable qualities, is the function of arti- 

 ficial selection. Add to this the occasional 

 crossing of unlike forms to promote new 

 and desirable variations, and we have the 

 whole secret of selective breeding. This pro- 

 cess Youatt calls the " magician's wand " by 

 which man may summon up and bring into 

 existence any form of animal or plant use- 

 ful to him or pleasing to his fancy. 



Among the greatest triumphs of the ap- 

 plied science of our times is the creation of 

 new plants, of new fruits, and new flowers, 

 by the use of known laws of heredity and 

 variation by the skilful hand of Luther Bur- 

 bank. There is nothing magical or myste- 

 rious in all this. " Like the seed is the har- 

 vest." The art lies in choosing the right 

 seed. 



In the animal world, permanent progress 



