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improvement is possible except by an outlay of labor and expense 

 beyond that even of pure breeding, and at a cost of time far 

 beyond that of grading. 



It is difficult to realize why farmers do not more generally 

 avail themselves of this perfectly rational and exceedingly eco- 

 nomical means of improvement, and see in their yards at once 

 crops of uniform young instead of the motley lot that disgrace 



Fig. 30. Medium (butcher) cow, $4.75 per hundredweight 

 After Mumford 



most of our barnyards. Their failure to do this is due to noth- 

 ing but their failure to look ahead, to figure out the final out- 

 come, and to look facts squarely in the face. 



The young people who read these pages can do a lasting 

 service by using their influence in every way possible to hasten 

 the use of better sires. All old countries have learned the lesson 

 long ago. We need to learn it at once. Let the young people 

 start it and begin now. 



