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CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



Do not Attempt to Porm a Breed, 

 in the breeding of cattle do not attempt to form a new breed out cf 

 incongruous materials, such as ycu may happen to find near you. Good 

 feeding, good shelter, and careful selection, will do much for any bre^dj 



but to undertake to form a new breed can only end in failure. itwiU 

 be found infinitely cheaper to take one of the breeds already formed, ac- 

 cording to the use for which *he animals are intended, than, by crossmg 

 and breeding up, to form one that at the end of one hundred years w ill 

 be no better than some of the now-existing herds, and, perhaps, not as good. 

 If there is any improvement to be made, make it on the model of the 

 best of the more reputable breeds. For instance, the Short-Horns can 



