22 TYPES AND MARKET CLASSES OF LIVE STOCK 



The word "imported/' when prefixed to an animal's name, lends 

 even greater charm. The greatest breeders of the past refused 

 to be carried away by any charm of family history or lure of 

 names. They rode no hobbies. They were intensely practical; 

 they never overlooked the market requirements of the kind of 

 animals they bred. No animal met with favor in their eyes 

 unless such favor was earned by meat upon the back, milk in 

 the pail, weight and quality of wool, pounds gained for pounds 

 of feed consumed, or some other performance of practical value. 

 With them it was a question of ultimately furnishing better 

 animals for the market or lowering the cost of production. It 

 must be just so with the master breeders of the present and 

 future. 



These pages aim to familiarize the reader with the types 

 of farm animals, market demands, and market classes of live 

 stock, such knowledge being fundamental in all live-stock work 

 and study, and valuable not only to breeders and feeders, but 

 to all persons who buy and use animals. 



