New Walks in Old Ways 



only to visit any great agricultural ex- 

 position to appreciate that fact. 

 Study the displays of products of our 

 orchards, gardens, pastures and feed- 

 lots, visit with the hens, or go to a 

 bench show, and take your hat off to 

 the great plant and animal breeders 

 for their masterly manipulation of the 

 laws of heredity, selection, environ- 

 ment and alimentation in modifying 

 and multiplying varieties and sub- 

 varieties in the production of which 

 there seems to be no end. 



The study of animal life is an abso- 

 lute delight. It makes little difference 

 whether it be a canary bird "rough- 

 housing" the tiny swing in his brass 

 cage; a foal by its mother's side in 

 the pasture; lambs or puppies at 

 play; young bulls or big boys bunting 

 the breath out of one another, or ele- 

 phants trying to be funny. There 

 is every reason for believing that all 

 these, that all animals in fact, find 

 interest also in watching what we our- 

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