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HERDS AND FLOCKS AND HORSES. 



HEREFORD STEERS 



old-time sheep with the present day Southdowns, Shropshire^, 

 Hampshires and other breeds. The hogs of the past with the 

 Berkshires, Poland-Chinas, Durocs, and others of the present. 

 Compare all these, I say, and then understand that cattle, 

 sheep and swine breeding in America in the year of grace 1910 

 is in its infancy, its absolute babyhood. It has not finished 

 suckling ; it has not left its mother's breast. 



Look at the canned meats of but a short time ago and those 

 of today, and yet with all their superiority, all their quality 

 and all their up-to-dateness, the canned meats of tomorrow 

 would grace a banquet table of today. And why simply and 

 solely on account of improvement and improvement alone. 



