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of a kind can be kept. But so soon as stock-growing 

 on a larger scale is attempted, pure-bred animals for 

 particular purposes are necessary. " Scrub stock/' not 

 adapted to any special purpose, does not pay so 

 well as pure-bred or at least high-bred stock. Scrub 

 animals do not give the best return for their feed; 

 their work (as in making milk or meat) is poorly and 

 expensively done. It is said that a Russian peasant 

 can make a wagon with no tool but an axe. But it 

 takes him a long time, and the wagon is poor and 

 clumsy, and does poor work expensively; while a wagon 

 properly made with good tools works quickly and 

 cheaply. So do well-bred animals when compared 

 with " scrubs." 



Then again, well-bred stock is more gentle and in- 

 telligent than the " scrub" usually can be made to be 

 even by kind treatment. Compare the kind, gentle 

 face of a Jersey cow with that of a common one. With 

 a high-bred horse (figure 187) the Arab master makes 

 friends almost as with a human being, while the wild 

 scrub horse of the Patagonian plains is as dangerous 

 as a lion, and is very hard to tame. 



Again, stock for different uses require different feed- 

 ing. Starchy food will make fat, but no muscle or 

 meat. To get these we must use feed rich in protein 

 or gluten (see page 348). Work animals we feed so as 

 to give them good, strong muscles, and some fat. Hogs 

 we mostly feed for fat, but when we want large, fleshy 



