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great possibilities in connection with every 

 British breed, and that the small holder who 

 is unable, owing to his limited capital and the 

 smallness of his farm, to specialise to any 

 extent with the larger breeds of stock, may at 

 least make a point of keeping the best where 

 he keeps cattle at all, and, in consequence, 

 place himself in a position to realise much 

 higher prices than he could possibly obtain 

 with slock of an inferior character. Although 

 sheep are not very frequently found upon 

 Small Holdings, those who breed them will be 

 well advised to specialise as far as their means 

 will permit. The fact that good sheep cost 

 no more to feed than sheep of an inferior type, 

 while they realise much higher prices, should 

 be emphasised. It is not essential in keeping 

 a small flock of ewes that each animal should 

 be of pedigree blood, but it is important 

 that they should be as perfect as possible in 

 form, size, and wool, and that they should 

 invariably be mated with a pedigree ram. 

 It is not suggested that the small holder 

 should breed pedigree stock for sale in 

 imitation of the ram-breeding flockmaster, 

 but that, by the production of first-class 

 lambs, he should be able to realise higher 

 prices than the average breeder owing to 



