The Breeds of Live Stock 



By Live Stock Breeders. Revised and arranged by CARL 

 W. GAY, Professor of Animal Husbandry in the University 

 of Pennsylvania. 



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Illustrated, 8vo, $1.75 



A more urgent demand, from a constantly increasing number of 

 consumers, for animal products must stimulate a greater exploitation 

 of pure-bred live stock as the 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, there- 

 fore, important. The most successful breeders are essentially spe- 

 cialists, and the most authoritative presentation of the historic 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 Agricultine. This matter has been revised, 

 brought up to date and amplified to include types in ^heir relation 

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

 revised by Dr. Carl W. Gay, Professor of An'mal Husbandry in the 

 School of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. 

 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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