INTRODUCTION 



THE object of this book, which is dedicated to the stock- 

 men and breeders of the United States, is to point out 

 to those, who while engaged in the business of stock 

 raising, may not have realized the tremendous opportuni- 

 ties and extraordinary possibilities of the live stock 

 industry in this country. Big as it is, and enormous 

 as the numbers of live stock that are breed here are, 

 the industry, as far as the breeding of pedigreed stock is con- 

 cerned, is in its infancy. America, although, through the 

 generous hand of nature, has been so richly endowed and 

 plenteously provided for in everything that goes to make a 

 large portion of it a stockman's paradise, seems not to have 

 as yet realized the fact of its rapidly increasing population, 

 the demands of foreign nations, the spread of civilization, and 

 the increase of the inhabitants of the world. All these must 

 be provided for; everybody must be fed; the rich and leisure 

 classes of this and other countries, supplied with horses for 

 their i)leasure and amusement, and the great military nations 

 (tf the world provided with animals for the maintenance of their 

 cavalry, artillery, mounted infantry, and transport. America, 

 through her enormous grazing lands, her soil, fertility, and 

 climate; through her splendid isolation, though readiness of 

 access to the East and the West of the world, and through her 

 absolute indej endence, seems chosen by Nature to play this 

 great part in the world's welfare. 



Now is the sowing time ; let her scatter good seeds through- 

 out those of her domains which are best suited for their 

 growth, and surely shall she reap the richest of harvests 

 therefrom. 



A. H. Waddell. 



Chicago, January, 1011. 



