Maturity. i8l 



beast of burden. He is not so strong, and there- 

 fore not so valuable, but on the other hand man 

 considers the loss in strength far more than com- 

 pensated by the improvement in temper. His 

 disposition, like his big, loose-celled body, is calm. 

 He does not like to hurry; he is more vegetative 

 than active. 



His flesh is not so high-flavored, it is more deli- 

 cate; and for this reason countless numbers of 

 cattle are forced to undergo the change, the flesh 

 of the bull being strong and unpalatable. 



Having lost, as a calf, the power to develop his 

 most noble characteristics, the castrated animal 

 remains an overgrown calf to the end of his days. 



American horses are in the same way impelled 

 to gentleness and obedience. With their imper- 

 fectly developed bodies they retain their undevel- 

 oped dispositions, are mild and manageable in 

 harness, and good servants. 



What they gain in servility, they lose in strength, 

 like the ox ; they lack the muscular power of the 

 perfect animal. 



Deprived of the consuming activity of the 

 sperm-cell, the animal often grows to a great size, 

 becoming correspondingly sluggish and lazy. 



Animals thus changed are very likely to grow 

 fat. The perfect male does not as a rule store up 

 much fat. His uneasy, active nature uses up the 

 nutriment as it comes to him. Fat is only reserved 

 food material, and the active creature uses what he 



