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buy. Breeding history contains many pathetic instances of men who 

 have labored with more courage than judgment in building up herds 

 that nobody wanted. 



''Last of all the breeder must be manager in the best sense of the term. 

 He must deal with large numbers. No man can succeed with small 

 herds, no matter how highly selected; indeed, the more highly selected the 

 less the chance of reproducing the same excellence before the animals are 

 gone. If a man could own the best pair living he certainly could not 

 expect to produce a pair equally good during their lifetime, for, in this 

 direct sense, like does not produce like. While mere numbers do not 

 count unless there be quality, yet numbers the breeder must have, and 

 the larger the numbers of really useful animals the greater his chances of 

 success. This manipulation of the breeding values involved in large 

 numbers, together with the inevitable buying and selling, the handling 

 of labor, and the estimation of values all call for those business qualities 

 generally spoken of as good management. 



"These are the qualities which, compounded with plain, old-fashioned 

 honesty, will make the master breeder able to create new values in 

 live stock as well as to retain the best of all that have gone before it." 



