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ties desired, we can most quickly secure this 

 object by interbreeding the few individuals 

 possessing the properties, with their offspring 

 which have inherited the same qualities. 



" Carefully and intelligently prosecuted, 

 this process may result successfully. Igno- 

 rantly or injudiciously carried on, the result 

 will probably be disastrous. It is a principle 

 in stock-breeding that coupling two animals 

 possessing the same good quality, defect, or 

 disease, will tend to fix and intensify that good 

 quality, defect or disease in the offspring. 



" Two essential conditions must invariably 

 attend successful inbreeding, viz., sound con- 

 stitution and perfect health. With these as a 

 foundation, close inbreeding may be practised 

 with the best of results, as is shown by the 

 breeds thus produced and perpetuated by suc- 

 cessful stock-breeders. 



:< The qualities of fattening easily and 

 quickly, of early maturity, of enormous egg 

 production, all have been brought to highest 

 perfection in individuals and families which 



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