THE MANAGEMENT OF STOCK 2G3 



hooomes "fixeil." Tho record of this long lino 

 of breeding is known as the pedigree. Tho 

 l»)ng«'r tiie ix-digrce, tlie greater is th(» likeli- 

 hood that the animal Aviil rej)ro(lnct> its charac- 

 ters; that is, cluu-iicteristics which have been 

 long present are more potent than those which 

 aro recently acqnire<l. II. 'nee, a long jx'digree 

 should indicate more value than a short )>cdigree. 

 487. For the general farmer, it is unwise to 

 buy a herd of ]»ure-blood stock, unless the object 

 is to brce(l pure-blood stock for sale. The breed- 

 ing of pure-blood animals is a business l)y itself, 

 ami few persons are competent to succeed in it. 

 But evei-y farmer can greatly improve his stock, 

 if he starts with and constantly uses a good j>ure- 

 blood male mated with good native females. 

 From tlie gra<les so produced improvement will 

 bo rapid and sure if tho poorest are constantly 

 Fold and only the best bre(l from. 



2. ]]'hcre Stork-raisintj Is Advisahlp. 



4R*^. Having now i-onsideied some »>f the 

 principles involved in securing good stock, we 

 may next inquire in what regions and under 

 what conditio!is it can l>e raised profitably, 

 liive-stock raising is particularly advantageous 

 on the cheap, unoccupied and imcultivable lands 

 of the West and South. In those region.«<, stock 



