The Breeds of Live-Stock 



By Livestock Breeders. Revised and Arranged 

 By carl W. gay 



Professor of Animal Husbandry in the 

 University of Minnesota 



Rural Textbook Series. III., i2mo, $f.7S 



A more urgent demand, from a constantly increasing number of 

 consumers, for animal products must stimulate a greater exploita- 

 tion of pure-bred livestock as tlie source of the seed from which 

 market animals and their products are derived. The breeders who 

 will get the most out of the respective breeds with which they work, 

 will be those best informed as to the inherent possibilities of their 

 stock. Study of the origin, history, and development of the breeds 

 is, therefore, important. The most successful breeders are essen- 

 tially specialists and the most authoritative presentation of the his- 

 toric facts, points of merit, and economic importance of the different 

 breeds should be expected from those who have devoted themselves 

 most exclusively to these breeds. 



Men who have been more or less eminently identified with the 

 respective breeds were chosen to prepare the breed material for the 

 Cyclopedia of American Agriculture. This matter has been revised, 

 brought up to date, and amplified to include types in their relation 

 to breeds, and the whole material has been edited, arranged, and 

 revised by Dr. Carl W. Gay, Professor of Animal Husbandry in the 

 University of Minnesota. The original illustrations are reproduced 

 in half tones and the book is offered as the most complete and 

 recent work on the types and breeds of livestock. 



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