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due to disinclination rather than inabihty. 

 Thanks to the endeavours of the Hackney 

 Horse Society, more attention has been 

 devoted to the breeding of this our finest 

 carriage horse during the last few years : 

 and the export certificates granted by the 

 Society show that the discerning foreign 

 buyer is quite as anxious to possess the best 

 of our Hackney stallions and mares as he 

 is to purchase our best thoroughbred and 

 other pedigree stock. 



In producing cattle, sheep and pigs, 

 English breeders stand pre-eminent, and the 

 nations of the world depend upon us for their 

 foundation stock, and for the fresh blood 

 needed to improve and raise the standard 

 of their herds and flocks. Ever since the 

 time of Robert Bakewell, who made so 

 conspicuous a mark on the annals of stock- 

 breeding between 1775 and 1800. 



Englishmen of the stamp of Bates, Booth 

 and Torr have displayed marked judgment in 

 their endeavours to establish distinct varie- 

 ties of cattle, sheep, and pigs ; and their 

 successes remain to bear witness to the 

 soundness of their methods. 



Among cattle we have now the Short- 

 horn, Hereford, Polled Angus, Devon, 

 Sussex, Kerry, Jersey, Guernsey, and 



