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season, so that he will continue to grow. If he 

 can nibble at a manger full of tame hay — alfalfa or 

 some of the clovers are best, but timothy will do no 

 harm — he will grow more rapidly than if main- 

 tained on grass alone. Continue this treatment 

 until he is ready to begin his services as a pro- 

 genitor of high-grade animals. If he is a good 

 individual, he will begin his work in the best pos- 

 sible condition and will give a good account of 

 himself. 



The care of the females is almost identical with 

 that of the males. They must be liberally, yet 

 judiciously, fed and sheltered. The feeds must be 

 selected with an idea of building up frame, of de- 

 veloping muscle, of stimulating those qualities 

 which are most desired — milk producing in the 

 dairy animal, wool and mutton in the sheep, laying 

 on of fat in the case of hogs, the production of a 

 large percentage of well marbled beef in the heavy 

 strains of cattle and the developing of stamina in 

 the case of horses. 



Note the difference between this treatment and 

 that in animals intended for consumption. This 

 applies to beef animals, hogs and the mutton 

 breeds of sheep. These should be, of course, fed 

 judiciously, but they should be pushed from the 

 very start so as to hasten maturity, for it is the 

 animal that goes to market quickest, other things 

 being equal, that returns the largest profit. Note 

 the popularity of baby beef and hothouse lambs 

 and hogs that are sold at nine months. True, they 

 must be fed so that large growth is possible, so that 

 the greatest amount of gross weight may be secured 

 at the end of any particular period, but after this is 

 accomplished no consideration need be given to the 

 descendants of these animals intended for the 



