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smaller breeds ; with the latter, the smaller breeds 

 only can be considered. If a larger animal be adopted 

 than his lands will carry, nature is ever at work to 

 reduce the size, and only pampering care can main- 

 tain it, for the land must eventually determine the 

 size of the animal. To work against material forces, 

 rather than with them, is generally most unsatisfac- 

 tory. 



