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feed will regulate the size, and abundant food will give size 

 enough. 



We have seen, it is true, some very large cattle that were 

 really fine ; but such are exceptions to the common rule, and 

 we would not seek for them as bulls for stock getters, or cows 

 for breeding, at corresponding prices; that is to say, extraordi- 

 nary prices for extraordinary size, for it is not the rule that such 

 animals will produce their own sizes in their offspring, or beyond 

 the usual growth of the breed to which they belong. They are 

 simply, accidents. 



Nor would we choose undersized animals. A fair medium is 

 always the safest, and best, in all stock cattle. Good size, fine- 

 ness of bone, and full points, all over, is the rule which we would 

 recommend in the selection of all neat cattle, according to their 

 breed. 



