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mals intelligently Examine blood lines carefully 

 The individuality of the animal Not all pure bred 

 stock superior breeders Get both blood and indi- 

 viduality Indiscriminate breeding spells disaster 

 How to grade up the herd or flock. 



CHAPTER VII. 

 BASIS OF PROFITABLE STOCK BREEDING 76 



Good blood lines Discriminating selection Good 

 feed and shelter Use pure bred sire and good 

 grade stock Class and breed determined by en- 

 vironment and personal taste Type and conforma- 

 tion Quality, what it is and how to detect it 

 Best animal the one which utilizes feed most eco- 

 nomically in attaining end for which it is kept. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 PRINCIPLES OF BREEDING 89 



Objects of breeding Cross breeding Line breeding 

 In and in breeding Relative influence of sire 

 and dam Is a good individual, not pure bred, pref- 

 erable to a mediocre pure bred sire ? Care of sire 

 Care of dam How it differs from feeding for market 

 Blood cannot do its best without good feeding. 



CHAPTER IX. 

 FEEDS AND FEEDING 99 



Principles of feeding Nutritive ratio Balanced 

 ration Feed depends upon the result desired Use 

 of legumes Alfalfa, clover and cowpeas Value of 

 grasses Grains and concentrates Succulent feed 

 Special feeds Suitable combinations for different 

 feeding purposes Fattening rations and mainte- 

 nance rations Individuality of animals influences 

 feeding capacity. 



CHAPTER X. 

 PROFIT FROM THE DAIRY lid 



Magnitude of dairy industry Dairy breeds and 

 types Efficiency in dairy cows Feeds and feed- 

 ing Cooperative breeding and testing Soiling 

 crops and the silo "Winter feeds and concentrates 

 Types of dairy barns Dairy sanitation Effects 

 of dairying on soil. 



