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profit, nor, in sooth, a better sort of animal, nor, in 

 fact, 80 good a kind, for the shelty, though diminu- 

 tive in size, is reallj^ good of its race ; whereas a 

 kind of half-and-half animal, though to be made 

 useful in various ways, shews but little merit in per- 

 forming any of them, nor can such reflect credit on 

 the breeder or owner. The man who breeds a good 

 sort of thoroughly-game little terrier, shows his taste 

 and judgment to be good ; he causes the production 

 of a very useful little animal in its way, and of 

 beauty of its kind ; but I only ask my brother 

 sportsmen what they would say or think of a man 

 who bred mongrel pointers ? Tliey would consume 

 more than the little terror to rats would do, and 

 when reared, the owner must find mongrel-bred 

 sportsmen to buy them. Something of a similar 

 sort of horse is but too often bred by the middle 

 class of farmers ; and a great mistake they make in 

 breeding such, for T am quite sure that, in a general 

 way, they do not pay the cost of rearing. 



Breeding is very strongly recommended to the 

 farmer by many, and by many whose judgment and 



