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transmit characters which are incorporated in his make-up, 

 there is greater likelihood of certain characters, good or 

 bad, appearing or not appearing in the offspring, if they 

 are or are not present in the parents. Therefore, the type 



FIG. 149. Sex and breed character in the bull. 



and individuality desired in the progeny should be well 

 marked in the parents. It is one thing to possess merit, 

 quite another to transmit it. The force with which the 

 characters of one or the other of the parents are impressed 



