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A SAMPLE SELECTION OF QUESTIONS ON SELECTION 



1. What is natural selection? 



2. What did Darwin say about methodical selection? 



3. What is the Australian method of culling and selecting sheep? 



4. How have great sires been valued by their owners? 



5. What is the relation of animal development to soil and climate? 



6. Why aim for uniformity of type in founding a herd? 



7. What is rational selection? Illustrate. 



8. How important is constitution? 



9. What part should pedigree play in buying breeding animals? 



SUGGESTIONS FOR INVESTIGATIONS IN SELECTION 



10. Make a report on Charles Darwin as a student of selection. 



11. What breeders that you know practice methodical selection? 



12. Are there any sires in your county highly valued by their 

 owners? If so, what are they, their value, and why so valued? 



13. Give local examples of dairy cows having official records of 

 milk or butter-fat production. Are these the result of careful selection? 



