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with any profit, unless it be with breeders of pure blooded 

 stock, commanding high prices iu the market. In those 

 sections where beef-raising and feeding are profitable, it is 

 uudoubtedly best to force the young animal to early maturity — 

 as is done with the English Short-horns. And for the breeder 

 of animals for this purpose, tliose which never falter in their 

 growtli, and arrive early at perfection, are the most desirable. 

 Such animals as these may possibly remunerate the breeder for 

 a somewhat liberal use of milk in feeding. 



But in the rearing of dairy stock, or those classes of cattle 

 which are not developed properly for feeding until two or three 

 years old, some substitute for milk must be found. We shall 

 endeavor to illustrate this by giving the cost, in figures, 

 hereafter. 



In the rearing of dairy stock, there are other things to be 

 considered besides the cost and quantity of food, viz., the 

 quality of the food and the mode of feeding, with reference 

 to the 



ANIMAL STRUCTURE. 



It is comparatively an easy matter to breed animals, which, 

 by their aptitude to fatten, will remunerate the feeder. The 

 qualities belonging to an animal structure, designed for this 

 purpose, are very perceptible, are easily transmitted, and are 

 easily preserved and improved by feeding. Mr. Bakewell 

 learned almost the precise mechanism adapted to his wants, 

 as a producer of size and fat — the form and quality of bone, 

 the shape of the parts containing the vital organs, and the 

 organs of nutrition, that " feel," which an expert under- 

 stands, so that he may almost be Said to carry eyes in his 

 fingers' ends, capable of exploring the internal organization 

 of every animal. And this bone, and shape of body, and 

 texture of the skin, are easily preserved and transmitted. 

 Breeding does much, and feeding does more, towards this 

 preservation and transmission. When Mr. Colling saw Hub- 

 back, he knew that his stomach, and glandular system, and 

 nervous organization all tended towards the development of 

 fat, and he believed it would be easy to transplant such 

 lethargic faculties as these. He did this on good soil, and with 

 proper care succeeded in making a creation of fat. 



