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characters quickly, as they will stand boldly out at once in the 

 grade stuff ; (4) he will gain much valuable experience with 

 the breed in case he afterward desires to breed it pure. 



Choosing the breed. No question is more common than this : 

 What is the best breed ? The only answer is that there is no 

 best breed. Of course, one should not choose Percheron horses 



Fig. 32. Prime steer, $8.70 per hundredweight (1910) 

 After Mumford 



for carriage purposes nor Jersey cattle for beef. Thus, in a 

 general way, the farmer should be informed about the breeds 

 before he begins. This is not the time nor the place to dis- 

 cuss this question at length, but he can get this information 

 from such books as Professor Plumb's, ^ and he cannot afford 

 to decide so important a question as choosing a breed without 

 giving some time to its study, because it is expensive both in 

 time and money to make a change. 



1 " Types and Breeds of Farm Animals." 



