26 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 



to make a financial success of his business, he must produce what the 

 narket wants. Far too many feeders of hve stock lack acquaintance 

 with market demands. Far too many breeders devote themselves to 

 a breed simply because it satisfies a hobby and because the breed ap- 

 peals to their fancy, rather than because they see in their animals any 

 special utility. Unless a breed of beef cattle makes possible the pro- 

 duction of better beef fcr the market; unless a breed of swine is fostered 

 because in it is seen the possibility of improving the quality or cheapen- 

 ing the cost of pork; unless a breed of draft horses is really useful when 

 put to the test in the collar; then such breeds have little excuse for their 

 existence, and those who foster them must sooner or later suffer finan- 

 cially for their efforts. Both the breeder and the feeder must know the 

 demands of the open market and keep them always in mind. 



The great live-stock breeders of the past were intensely practical; 

 they never overlooked the market requirements of the kind of animals 

 they bred. No animal m.et with favor in their eyes unless such favor 

 V as earned by meat upon the back, milk in the pail, weight and quality 

 cf wool, pounds gained for pounds of feed consum.ed, or som.e other per- 

 formance of practical value. With them it was a question of ultimately 

 furnishing better animals for the market or lowering the cost of produc- 

 tion. It must be just so with the master breeders of the present and 

 future. 



These pages aim to familiarize the reader with the types of farm 

 animals, market demands, and market classes of live stock, such knowl- 

 edge being fundamiCntal in all live-stock work and study, and valuable 

 not only to breeders and feeders, but to all persons who buy and use 

 animals. 



