18 HERDS AND FLOCKS AND HORSES. 



Cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, dogs, cats, rabbits, poultry and 

 more than that, for it embraces song birds, game, fish and the 

 creeping things of the earth. Scientists have even nursed, 

 strengthened, and developed bacteria of a vigorous and healthy 

 nature that prey upon disease germs, and so maintain a health 

 and vigor of body in those who otherwise would succumb to 

 the inroads of these death-dealing organisms. 



Breeding for outstanding qualities such as are desirable 

 in the various animals, has reached such a point that improve- 

 ment seems impossible, but breeding is still in its swaddling 

 clothes, its process in its babyhood, its growth limitless, and 

 its possibilities infinite and extraordinary. 



In cattle, sheep and swine of the best beef, mutton and 

 pork breeds, gize, weight, type and outline, combined with 

 enormously increased bulk and fineness of quality and a dis 

 position to put on flesh in a short period of time, with the mini- 

 mum amount of bone development, have been the principal 

 characteristics sought for and obtained, thereby vastly in- 

 creasing their value as feeding and meat-producing propo- 

 sitions. 



The breeding of horses on the other hand has been directed 

 along many channels, and each effort has met with such suc- 

 cess as to be little short of wonderful. Galloping (running) 

 in one instance, trotting in another, action in a third, com- 

 bined with symmetrical beauty and elegance of form; and al 

 ways unlike the breeding of cattle, sheep and pigs with an 

 aim towards an increase in the size and quality of the boney 

 frame. Heavy draughters have been bred for type, size, bone, 

 weight and immense hauling powers, and thought has never 

 been lost sight of towards improving the temper, temperament 

 and disposition. Other animals have been bred along lines 

 best calculated to better them for the purpose for which they 

 are required, and the whole system has been studied and car 

 ried to such successful ends that further improvement would 



