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breed from, when milk is our object, but when 

 beef is our object we select those individuals 

 for breeding which will be soonest fat ; such, 

 in short, as make the greatest return for the 

 food they have consumed. When we require 

 in cattle activity in the yoke, as well as a 

 strong disposition to fatten, we select those 

 individuals to breed from which possess the 

 best union of these two qualities. 



One principle of breeding has become 

 well understood by those who breed either 

 cattle or sheep, which is carefully to avoid 

 breeding in and in. Happy would it have 

 been for mankind had this principle been 

 better kept in view in propagating the human 

 race. 



A paper published some years ago by the 

 late Mr. Cline having exercised a pernicious 

 influence, it is necessary here to refer to it. 

 He wished to show what he considered to be 

 the advantage obtainable by breeding from 

 large females. He had horses and cattle 

 principally in view, and thus writes : — " The 

 proper method of improving the form of animals 

 consists in selecting a well-formed female pro- 

 portionably larger than the male. The im- 



