THE PRACTICAL COUNTRY GENTLEMAN 



have no superior in egg production; but on the 

 other hand, for plump, juicy roasters we must 

 look to Asiatic breeds. As changes are always 

 costly it is best to decide first just what depart- 

 ments on the place are to be money-makers, and 

 then make intelligent and careful selection. 



The best financial results from a small farm 

 near a thriving city or town will be obtained by 

 gradually building up a high-class private trade 

 in finished products, namely, butter, eggs, broil- 

 ers, roasters, ducks, hams, bacon; and to the 

 list might be added winter lambs. With such 

 a definite end in view the selection of stock be- 

 comes a more simple matter. In looking over 

 a list of the different breeds of cattle we find 

 them divided into three principal classes — 

 dairy, beef, and dual-purpose. The dairy class 

 includes Holsteins, Ayrshires, Guernseys, Jer- 

 seys, Brown-Swiss, and Dutch-belted. The 

 dual-purpose class includes those breeds which 

 combine good milking qualities with the size 

 and characteristics of the beef breeds. These 

 are the Devons, Shorthorns, Red-Polled, 

 Polled-Durhams, Normandy, and Simmenthals. 

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