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manner ; in the other only such of the special 

 cross-bred type as are possessed of the certain 

 special features for which the cross was made. 

 In the one case the descendants all are within 

 the class ; in the other each successive genera- 

 tion must be carefully culled of all failing to 

 conform to the standard. If the qualities prove 

 non-transmissible and die out in the one case 

 the variety lives on as an empty name ; in the 

 other it ceases for the lack of a raison d'etre. 

 It is very doubtful if there is any recognized 

 distinct breed formed of the union of two other 

 original breeds which can be traced to a simple 

 mixing of the breed and subsequent breeding 

 from all sprung from the cross. 



By far the most usual course pursued in 

 making crosses is the third method. It was 

 eminently natural for a breeder whose stock 

 showed a particular defect to seek a male of 

 another breed which did not have a like fault 

 and make a cross upon his stock with him in 

 the hope of curing the deficiency. The cross 

 once made, the ordinary course of breeding 

 within the old breed would be returned to. 



A somewhat remarkable example though a 

 legitimate offspring of the time and place, and 

 not a mere experiment of the first method 

 took place in Kentucky in early times. A few 

 head of cattle some Short-horns and some 

 Longhorns were imported to Maryland and 



