I J HERDS AND FLOCKS AND HORSES. 



he must live, in order to maintain the physical strength and 

 character of the race. 



The canine teeth, found in the mouth of every normal indi- 

 vidual of the human breeds, is proof positive, not only of his 

 flesh-eating nature, but also that he will continue to be a flesh- 

 devouring animal so long as these teeth remain, and Avho shall 

 say when this shall cease. 



As age succeeds age, and time in its flight rolls over 

 millions of years, evolution is working its sure but unrecog- 

 nizable changes in everything that is earthly, and so slow are 

 the changes wrought, that it would be only after hundreds of 

 thousands of years that the faintest alteration from conditions 

 as we know them today, could be recognized, even by a scientist, 

 who, if it were possible, had lived today, died, and come to life 

 again a million years hence at least. 



This shows then, beyond argument, that man is a flesh-eat- 

 ing animal, and that flesh has always formed the basis of his 

 diet ; and that part of it also, which has made him what he is 

 since the day of his creation, and is the one thing that will 

 continue to make and keep him from deteriorating both physi- 

 cally and mentally. 



It is not the intention of the writer to go into statistics, 

 but it will be perfectly clear to the reader that the vastly and 

 rapidly increasing population of this country is going to call 

 for meat supplies that are almost past belief and understand- 

 ing. 



If the breeding of cattle, sheep and swine is not pushed, 

 pursued, and made above all others, the foremost industry of 

 the land, this extraordinary, this vast, broad, rich, fertile 

 country, instead of being a land wherefrom the peoples of the 

 earth may be supplied with meat, will become a purchaser 

 from other lands to supply its own demands. 



With the business acumen of the ordinary American, and 

 the keenness of his foresight, it is astounding that such ob- 

 vious conditions as these seem to have been lost sight of. 



Humbugged by stories of the amassing of fortunes, lured by 



