CHAPTKH XVI 



Tin-: MANACK.MHNT OF STOCK 



/. y KOBE UTS 



1. The Ijiri(/iii(/ of Stock 

 \it . Wlint is meant by breeding 



474. Animals ^row old and die, or they are 

 slaughtered for food. Other animals are born 

 and take their j)lao«»s. Not only is a new ani- 

 mal l)orn, but every i»air of animals is able to 

 produce more than two : that is, the total num- 

 i)er of animals increases. This birth and multi- 

 plication is known as propagation. 



475. But it is not enough that new animals 

 and more of them shall appear : these new 

 animals must be desirable. They must have 

 certain attributes or characters which make 

 them valuable. In order that these desirable 

 qualities shall arise, the stockman selects cer- 

 tain animals to ]»ropagate the race ; and this 

 control of the kind of olTspring which shall 

 appear is known as breeding. 



47(3. Breeding may have two object> : to 



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