1 84 DOMESTICATED ANIMALS AND PLANTS 



No. 4044 Jolie Johanna Clothilde De Kol 72194 



Jolie Johanna f _. f Mutual Friend 3d's Paul 148 A. R. 



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Clothilde De Kol J De Kol 2d 412 A.R.O. In 10 yr. 



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4044 A.R.O. In w J [n mo. 3 da. 21,261 lb. fat 



3 yr. 7 mo. 23 da. Jolie Johanna Clothilde f Onyx Clothilde Pledge 23639 



1 1,508 lb. fat [^ 52356 \ Jolie Onyx 43770 



Owned by W. C. Hunt, Liverpool, N.Y. ; bred by George F. Carter, 

 Syracuse, N.Y. Calved April 1 1 , 1 90 1 . Official butter record : dropped calf 

 December 4, 1 904, at 3 yr. 7 mo. 23 da. of age ; commenced record January 1 7, 

 1905 ; closed record January 23 ; 7 days' production, 1 1 lb. 5 oz. butter fat; 

 milk, 345.5 lb. Attested by L. L. Devereaux, Cornell University, Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station. 



The need of this kind of information is evident. The breeder, 

 bent upon improvement, desires to buy and to keep the best of 

 a breed, not the poorest or even the medium. A glance at the 

 table on page 1 56 will show that the mass will always be mediocre, 

 and that while much excellence springs from mediocrity, it is 

 relatively infrequent, so that if a man desires to breed excep- 

 tional animals, he will get a larger proportion of such if he 

 breeds from exceptional parents. 



Here is where the problems of the breeder differ from those 

 of political science. A glance at the table cited will show that 

 a hereditary monarchy is certain to run, not occasionally but 

 frequently, into mediocrity for its ruler. Let stature stand a 

 moment for genius or statesmanship. Then a ruler represented 

 by 70.5 inches in the table is certainly well above the medium, 

 but his son may be anything from above 73.2 and better than 

 the father down to below 62.2, the minimum of the race. 



Republics, on the other hand, elect their rulers, that is, select 

 them after birth and maturity, and have a chance to choose 

 individuals above the mediocre, with no reference either to 

 ancestry or descent, as the son is in nowise involved. This 

 is why republics can have better average rulers. Though they 

 are likely not to rise to the supreme height of some hereditary 

 monarchs, they will never sink to the depths of others, and 

 upon the whole they are safer. 



