AVOID RADICAL GROSSES 



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males to small females, or small males to large females, 

 nor when one or both of the parents are enfeebled by 

 old age or by abuse and over- work or over-feeding. 

 Animals which are markedly immature should not be 



FIG. 50. The draft-colt'S first lesson 



Waist too small, rump a little too steep. When in good flesh and 

 mature, these defects will largely disappear 



used for breeding purposes unless the object is 

 primarily to direct the energies into certain specific 

 channels other than reproduction, as in the case of 

 dairy cows, or as may be the case when it is the 

 purpose to produce a superior, heavy -milking, brood- 

 animal. (See "When and How to Breed.") 



