STOCK BREEDING INDUSTRY. 



Conclusion. 



In this paper I have tried to show, first, the importance of 

 the five stock breeding industry as a business, and second, 

 how the neglect of some rather obvious and easily remedied 

 matters . holds back the more successful development of that 

 business in many particular cases. One 'must not, however, 

 hastily draw the conclusion that if he attends strictly to the 

 things which are pointed out in this paper as being commonly 

 neglected, he will surely attain success in the breeding business. 

 There are many more factors involved in the case than have 

 been discussed here. Perhaps the most fundamental of all is 

 the man himself. By no means everyone can become a suc- 

 cessful breeder of live stock. The art of breeding demands 

 personal qualifications w^hich are rather rare. Bates, the great 

 Shorthorn breeder, once said : "Hundreds of men may be 

 found to make a Prime Minister for one fit to judge the real 

 merits of Shorthorns." The man who is to be a real breeder 

 and a successful one must start with a love for animals and a 

 natural instinct for handling them. Without these qualifica- 

 tions he can never be a breeder in the highest sense of the word. 

 Furthermore, the real breeder is always a student, with the 

 instincts of the scientific investigator. He studies his animals 

 and their pedigrees till he knows them thoroughly. He studies 

 the pedigrees of all the leading animals in his breed. He 

 attends live stock shows, fairs, and sales that he may study 

 the best individuals of the breed. 



Besides all these things the successful breeder must know 

 how to feed, care for, and develop his animals properly. The 

 most excellent individual may be ruined by improper care. So 

 then along with knowledge and skill in the art of feeding must 

 go an expert ability to recognize condition in an animal, to 

 detect and correct the sHghtest impairment of health and vigor. 



Altogether the real breeder must combine many and varied 

 abilities with his natural love for good animals. And what is 

 the reward? To the real breeder it is great and manifold. He 

 will have the satisfaction and emoluments of a creator of some.- 



