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from whence to obtain suitable sires or females, 

 as the necessity arises for the infusion of fresh 

 blood, and of acquiring a knowledge of other 

 minor points essential to ultimate success. 



Again, when using cattle for manuring your 

 crops, as on a coco-nut estate, remember that 

 whether cattle or hogs, second and third-rate 

 animals, especially hogs, consume quite as much 

 as, probably more than, the very best, and 

 the finished article is worth very much less : in 

 the one case a profit can reasonably be looked 

 for, whilst with inferior quality the result 

 is usually a financial loss to the feeder. In 

 other words, all field produce realizes a miich 

 higher price per ton when fed to the well-bred 

 stock than when consumed by second and third- 

 rate animals. 



At a time when prices are booming inferior 

 stock can probably be sold at good prices, but 

 in a weak market only the very best makes 

 money for the breeder, and the large prices 

 paid for first-rate animals prove the difficulty of 

 breeding them up to the highest standard of 

 excellence, as Darwin well said. This is a 

 point the breeder should never forget. 



The demand from abroad for British pure- 

 bred stock shows a healthy and expanding 

 market, and the men who reap the richest 

 harvest are those who give unfailing attention 

 to all the details that make for success. 



Comparing 1886 with 1906 the increased 

 value in live stock exports from the United 



