BEEEDING. 



To breed a Succession of good animals difficult — Families "nicking 

 in" — Meaning of "thorough-bred" — Arab — "Welsh Mare — Good 

 Females hard to obtain — Bakewell — Jonas Webb — R. Booth — 

 Orton — Abd-el-Kader — Imaginative Contamination — " Like pro- 

 duces Like " — Holds true rather as respects wild than domestica- 

 ted animals — Midland Mare — Arabian— Chillingham Cattle — 

 Dutch Cattle — Charles Collings— History of the Shorthorn — 

 Never breed from the infirm — Sir Tatton Sykes — Stock of aged 

 Horses— Touchstone — High condition undesirable — Crown Prince 

 — Jonas Webb never showed Females— Change of air restores 

 Fertility — Gestation over Time — Twins — Free-martin — Dishley 

 Breed — Colour — Crossing requires great Judgment — Mental 

 Traits most enduring — Growth of Likeness — Leslie— Wilson — 

 Spectator— Horns— Ireland as a Grazing Country — Proportion of 

 sexes regulated by Breeder — Newcastle Captain — Marmaduke — 

 Size of Sire— Royal Butterfly — Dwarfing — Persian Horses — 

 Italian— Danish, &c. — Mr. Buckland— Youatt — Keep in Youth 

 —Welsh Cob — Welsh Ponies — Yarrell on British Horses — Rug 

 Breed— Colonel Vaughan — Apricot— Mare slinking Foal — Period 

 of Foaling— Listen but decide— Colts' jumping — Breeders' Cares 

 — Black Quarter — Darwin on Species. 



It is well known that there is no great difficulty 

 in selecting first-class animals to stock a farm with, 

 especially if you visit the most celebrated breeders 

 of each different species, and are willing to pay a 

 price for your purchase. I presume you, of course, 

 to be a judge. Else, my friend, pause. Are you 



