CHAPTER XXII. 



POINTEBS ON 

 BBEEDIITG' 



Stock Beeeding Suggestions. 



Seprodnctlon is tlie basis of the creation of new 

 wealth. 



AVe make no attempt to discuss the princi- 

 ples of animal breeding. There are a few points 

 useful to the farmer who is raising any kind of 

 live stock. He should grow the kind of stock 

 suitable to his farm. If he has range he should 

 make use of it. In the arid region the foods are 

 rich in the growth-forming materials and are 

 especially suitable to the feeding of young stock. 

 The bacon hog, in which the object is to make 

 meat instead of lard, is especially suited to the 

 alfalfa districts. The farmer should always use 

 pure-bred sires. Grades do not pay. It often 

 pays to make a first cross for feeders, but the 

 crossed animals should not be used as sires, even 

 though they appear to be good stock, for the off- 

 spring of grade sires is uncertain and deterior- 

 ates. For various causes some animals will be 

 non-breeders or sterile. Unless the animal is a 

 valuable one, so it will pay to consult a veterin- 

 arian, as soon as proven to be a non-breeder it 

 should be fattened and sold. Contagious abor- 

 tion sometimes interferes with the breeding. 

 AVhere this occurs the disease should be cleaned 



