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 mals intelligently — Examine blood lines carefuUy — 

 The individuality of the animal — Not all pure bred 

 stock superior breeders — Get both blood and indi- 

 viduality — Indiscriminate breeding spells disaster — 

 How to grade up the herd or flock. 



CHAPTER VII. 



Basis op Profitable Stock Breeding 76 



Good blood lines — Discriminating selection — Good 

 feed and shelter — Use pure bred sire and good 

 grade stock — Class and breed determined by en- 

 vironment and personal taste — ^Type and conforma- 

 tion — Quality, what it is and how to detect it — 

 Best animal the one which utilizes feed most eco- 

 nomically in attaining end for which it is kept. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Principles op Breeding 89 



Objects of breeding — Cross breeding — Line breeding 

 — In and in breeding — Relative influence of sire 

 and dam — Is a good individual, not pure bred, pref- 

 erable to a mediocre pure bred sire ? — Care of sire — 

 Care of dam — How it differs from feeding for market 

 — Blood cannot do its best without good feeding. 



CHAPTER IX. 



Feeds and Feeding 99 



Principles of feeding — Nutritive ratio — Balanced 

 ration — Feed depends upon the result desired — Use 

 of legumes — ^Alfalfa, clover and cowpeas — Value of 

 grasses — Grains and concentrates — Succulent feed — 

 Special feeds — Suitable combinations for different 

 feeding purposes — Fattening rations and mainte- 

 nance rations — Individuality of animals influences 

 feeding capacity. 



CHAPTER X. 



Profit from the Dairy 116 



Magnitude of dairy industry — Dairy breeds and 

 types — ^Efficiency in dairy cows — Feeds and feed- 

 ing — Cooperative breeding and testing — Soiling 

 crops and the silo — ^Winter feeds and concentrates 

 — Types of dairy bams — Dairy sanitation — Effects 

 of dairying on soil. 



