XVI 

 CREATORS OF PASTORAL WEALTH 



There are many instances in live-stock history 

 of "community breeding" carried to extraordinary 

 heights of success. Draw, for instance, circles hav- 

 ing radii of say twenty or thirty miles around the 

 cities of Hereford, Darlington and Nogent-le-Rotrou, 

 and you would circumscribe the districts wherein 

 great men lived out their useful lives preparing for 

 the world's everlasting benefit the Hereford cattle, 

 the Shorthorn cattle and the Percheron horse. 

 The case of the Clydesdale and the Ayrshire country, 

 the accomplishments of Aberdeenshire, of the Isles 

 of Jersey and Guernsey, the great contribution 

 by the Netherlands and various other outstanding 

 illustrations, all serve to point alike the moral, and 

 adorn the tale, of how splendid enduring sources 

 of world wealth have been worked out within the 

 boundaries of a restricted area through the per- 

 sistent co-operation of enthusiastic groups of men 

 bound together by the ties of keen, mutual interest. 



If ever an ideal SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB were 

 to come into existence, it would have separate rooms 

 devoted to the exploitation of the origin and devel- 

 opment of all the leading breeds that are now such 

 important factors in our national economy. Sup- 



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