34 ON BREEDING AND REARING ANIMALS. 



" As plants are capable of amelioration, by pe- 

 " culiar methods of cultivation, and of having 

 " the natural term of their duration extended, 

 " so in conformity to the general law of change 

 *' they are rendered unhealthy, by being ex- 

 " posed to peculiar unfavourable circumstances, 

 " and liable to premature old age and decay. 



*' The plants of warm climates transported 

 " into cold ones, or of cold ones transported 

 " into warm ones, if not absolutely destroyed 

 " by the change of situation, are uniformly ren- 

 " dered unhealthy.'* 



A difference in opinion may always be ex- 

 pected to exist, as to the form and colour that 

 constitutes the beauty of animals, as well as ve- 

 getables, but it cannot be denied that the grand 

 object of agriculture, should be a profitable pro- 

 duce. The mode of attaining this object, no 

 doubt, will be determined, in a great measure, 

 by peculiarity of situation and circumstances; 

 but taking it for granted that every agriculturist 

 must be desirous of keeping up the good qua- 

 lities, if not of improving his stock, the only 

 questions that can arise, are, What is an im- 

 provement ? and. What will produce profit ? And 

 let this be determined as it may, perfection can 

 only be obtained by a selection of breeders. 



If a greater or less size be required, stronger 



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