CHAPTER X. 



CATTLE. 



'reeding. It should be the object of every breeder to 

 raise as good cattle as his circumstances will permit. 

 I ,Q This requires great care in breeding. No one breed has 

 e^ all the good qualities, and therefore there should be a 

 careful and judicious selection of those individual animals, of 

 different breeds, having the points desired, and a cross made to 

 produce an animal adapted to each separate purpose of the 

 farm. 



This theory, with all its limitations, we now propose to set 

 before our readers. 



OUR DAIRY STOCK.* 



The characteristics of the domestic Cow are dependent upon 

 a great variety of circumstances. They are partly hereditary, 

 and partly acquired, or implanted in the system, by the treat- 

 ment and management adopted in raising the young animal. 

 "What are called dairy qualities, are not strictly inherent in any 

 particular race, breed, or family of stock, but may be found 

 more or less developed in individual animals, not only among 

 all the well established breeds, but also among those not recog- 

 nized as belonging to any particular breed, as the common or 

 " native" stock of the country. 



* TJy the author of Milch Cows and Dairy Farming. 

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