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characters quickly, as they will stand boldly out at once in the 
grade stuff; (4) he will gain much valuable experience with 
the breed in case he afterward desires to breed it pure. 
Choosing the breed. No question is more common than this : 
What is the best breed? The only answer is that there is no 
best breed. Of course, one should not choose Percheron horses 
Tic. 32. Prime steer, $8.70 per hundredweight (1910) 
After Mumford 
for carriage purposes nor Jersey cattle for beef. Thus, in a 
general way, the farmer should be informed about the breeds 
before he begins. This is not the time nor the place to dis- 
cuss this question at length, but he can get this information 
from such books as Professor Plumb’s,! and he cannot afford 
to decide so important a question as choosing a breed without 
giving some time to its study, because it is expensive both in 
time and money to make a change. 
1" Types and Breeds of Farm Animals.” 
