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The old breeders did their best ; they plodded along in their 

 old-fashioned way, taking advantage of any opportunity or 

 casual cross that seemed worthy of cultivation, but they lacked 

 the assistance of science and the helping hands of the agri- 

 cultural colleges. Today, not only are the breeders and feeders 

 working upon the discoveries of these splendid institutions and 

 making capital out of what they have placed within their 

 reach, but the up-to-date and educated breeder is anxiously 

 looking for further improvements which the agricultural col- 

 leges and experimental stations are striving to discover, and 

 which they will discover and bring to an advanced perfection 

 that is as yet undreamed of. 



The day of the haphazard breeder and promiscuous crosser 

 has gone forever, and no one can hope to make stock breeding 

 and feeding a success unless he follows the most up-to-date 

 methods of procedure, both as regards breeding and feeding. 



It is astounding to the outsider, and almost impossible of 

 realization, that apart from type, size and meat producing 

 qualities with the smallest amount of bone, in all these breeds, 

 that the quality of the meat itself and the ability to put on 



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