Live Stock Blood Methods of breeding, 649? 



cattle for the purpofe of labour, a breed well calculated in this- refpcct muft be 

 fe(irabie. 



There ft-ill remains another property which it is requiftte for the breeder to con* 

 fider in the improvement of live ftock, which is that of blwd&amp;gt; adopted in analogy 

 to the fyftem of breeding in the race-horfe. It is employed to fignify the natural, 

 fixed, and inherent properties of a breed or kind, as exemplified in their external 

 appearances. Irs utility for the purpofes of the breeder is therefore to enable him 

 to difc rim mate, with greater nicety and correctnefs, in the felection of fuch animals- 

 as are the mod adapted to the improvements he has in view. 



Thefe are the main objects to which the breeder fhould attend, and the means 1 

 by which he is principally to effect his improvements. Thefuccefs of his endea 

 vours, to whatever fpecies of excellence his attention may be directed muft obvii- 

 oufly in a great meafu re depend upon the accuracy and correctnefs of his judgment 

 in choofing thofe breeds, of whatever fort of live ftock they may be, that are mod 

 adapted to his circumftances ; and in felecting fuch individuals, both male and female 

 of fuch breeds, as are the moft perfect and exact in their different parts and propers 

 ties : cautioufly continuing to breed from them, without ever fuifering the ieaft in 

 termixture by theadmiffionofthofe of inferior qualities; advancing in this way with 

 the niceft attention to fuch faults or defects, however trifling, as may arife, fo as to 

 alter and correct them by appropriate pairing in the fucceeding generations. And 

 as an indifpenfable afliftant in this arduous undertaking, he muft conftantly have 

 recourfe to the aid of good and abundant keep at all feafons, with fuitable degrees 

 of fhelter and warmth for both the old and young ftock ; fo that they may never 

 decline in flelh or be checked in their growth; This would feem to conftitute the 

 great fecret of the important art of breeding live ftock, which the fuperior difcern* 

 nient and unwearied perfeverance of a fingle individual raifed to a degree of notice 

 and perfection that has had the happieft effects in bringing the improvement of 

 our dorneftic animals to a ftate of excellence perhaps unequalled in any other 

 country. 



In every fyftem of breeding or improving of live ftock, the greateft attention is 

 confequently necefTary to keep. It has been well obferved that &quot; all good ftock 

 muft be both bred with attention and well fed : and that it is neceflary that thefe 

 two efTentials in this fpecies of improvement fhould always accompany each other * 

 for, without good. refources for keeping, it would be in vain to attempt fupporting 



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