Herds and Flocks and Horses. 49 



THE CATTLE, SHEEP AND SWINE MOST IN DEMAND 

 AS MEAT ANIMALS. 



THERE are so many breeds of cattle, sheep and swine 

 that have been brought to the present day acme of per- 

 fection through a process of scientific breeding with 

 practical ends in view, that it is difficult to say which is really 

 the prime favorite. Breeders have their own ideals which they 

 take the utmost pride in raising, and as all the fashionable 

 breeds have their adherents, and all of them are such valuable 

 meat producers and so far superior to anything that has gone 

 before, it is safe to say that all are good, and that each breed 

 can be made to pay handsomely in the hands of men who un- 

 derstand them. 



Fashion in the various breeds of cattle, sheep and swine, as 

 well as horses, dogs and other creatures, changes, but at pres- 

 ent the cattle most in demand as meat animals are Shorthorns, 

 the Aberdeen-Angus, Herefords, Galloways, Polled Durhams 

 and Bed Polled. All of these breeds are excellent, are animals 

 that carry an enormous amount of flesh of the finest quality 

 and put it on quickly. They are sound, have splendid consti- 

 tutions, beautiful individuality and finish, and breed to type 

 in a most extraordinary manner. If the old breeders of a by- 

 gone day could cast their eyes over a herd of either of these 

 breeds and compare them with the animals they used to raise 

 it would be hard to convince them that nothing but careful 

 breeding had brought the change, and wrought it in so short a 

 time. If such wonders as these have been produced in a period 

 of time that seems as only yesterday, what will be the revela- 

 tions that will present themselves in the same time hence, with 

 such foundations as these to work upon, and all the advantages 

 that are daily being brought to light through the always im- 

 proving methods of breeding and the advantages of scientific 

 feeding? 



