HERDS AND FLOCKS AND HORSES. 



of more intelligent and intellectual minds, and the growth of 

 human brotherhood is so pronounced that it is only the his- 

 torian himself, who can actually realize in a thought, the 

 progress that has been made in the last hundred years. 



Of all the nations of the earth, and of all its peoples, how 

 glorious it is to realize that this great country, the United 

 States of America, is in the van, and leads all others through 

 its progressive ways, up-to-date methods and go-ahead princi 

 pies. With all this, however, for some unaccountable and un- 



GENTLENESS AND INNOCENCE 



explainable reason, this country has not taken the advantage 

 she might have done in her live stock industry, and seems to 

 have been content in this regard, to depend more or less upon 

 what has been going on in the past, rather than preparing foi 

 the future. 



As has been stated in the early part of this book, America 

 has for years been the great provider of meat and horses for 

 other lands, and has reaped untold millions as its reward. 



Today, however, the question faces us, how are we going to 

 provide for our enormously increasing population, and still 

 retain the name of the great caterer to other nations ? 



