CONCLUSIONS. 



That the Cape Horse is not recognized as a breed of its own, 

 need not reflect to the discredit of the stock; for a breed of live 

 stock is not of itself an end. but a means to an end. That end is 

 the yielding of a product that will give the maximum value at a 

 minimum cost, — to raise such animals as would be best fitted to the 

 natural conditions of the country and would be most profitable 

 under the conditions of rearing, feeding and selling which prevail 

 in the particular locality. These were the aims of the founders of 

 the Africander cattle and the Cape Horse. These " voortrekkers " 

 achieved great success because they realized the particular needs of 

 their time and produced such types and fixed such characters as 

 these needs demanded. 



Times change and evolution is continuous, both in our markets 

 and in our systems of agriculture and stock raising. It is quite 

 clear that we cannot cling to the standards of the founders of our 

 live stock, however good they may have been in their own times 

 and for their own needs New standards and new types are neces- 

 sary to cope with new demands. For this purpose no hard and fast 

 rules can be laid down. 



It is quite obvious that in South Africa with its several locali- 

 ties of different climate, vegetation and occupations, would require 

 live stock of different qualities and standards. 



These types will have many fundamental points in common and 

 will vary only in dissimilar ideas of efficiency and suitability both 

 as regards the nature of their uses and conditions of rearing them. 

 This fact is only too well illustrated by the various breeds and typek 

 of farm animals in European countries. The farmers appear to 

 have found what marketable articles they can produce especially 

 well. In some cases it is early lambs, in others mature mutton or 

 baby beef, or again it may be cereals, forage crops or vegetables. 

 The recognition of these facts have been the cause of the production 

 of the several types of farm animals, now perfected and established 

 into distinct breeds. The maximum value at a minimum cost is the 

 anderlying principle here. 



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