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varieties with males of their own particular breed. The 

 following are the crosses that I think might well be tried. 



1. A male zebra and various breeds of mares, — each 

 fertile mare to be afterwards mated with an Arab horse, or 

 a horse of its own particular breed. 



2. An Arab or other distinct breed of horses and a 

 zebra mare, — the zebra mare, if fertile, to be afterwards 

 mated with a male zebra. 



•3. A male zebi-a and a jennet, the jennet to be afterwards 

 bred to a jackass. 



4. A jackass and a mare, the mare to be afterwards 

 mated with a horse. 



■5. A zebu bull and a Kerry and an Ayrshire cow, the 

 cows to be afterwards bred to their respective bulls. 



6. A Chillingham bull and Galloway, Angus, Norfolk, 

 and Devon cows, each cow to be afterwards mated with a 

 bull of its own breed. 



7. A Galloway bull and a shorthorn cow, the cow to be 

 afterwards mated with a shorthorn bull. 



8. An Aberdeen Angus bull and a shorthorn cow, the 

 cow to be afterwards mated with a shorthorn bull. 



9. A red shorthorn and a Dutch cow, the cow to be 

 afterwards mated with a Dutch bull. 



10. A Leicester tup and a black-faced ewe, the ewe to 

 be afterwards mated with a black-faced tup. 



11. An Iceland tup and a Shropshire ewe, the ewe to be 

 afterwards mated with a Shropshire tup. 



12. A Southdown tup and a merino ewe, the ewe to be 

 afterwards mated with a merino tup. 



13. A goat and a ewe, the ewe, if fertile, to be after- 

 wards mated with a tup of her own breed. 



14. A Berkshire boar and a Tamworth sow, the sow to 

 be afterwards mated with a Tamworth boar. 



15. An Irish boar and a Tamworth sow, the sow to be 

 afterwards mated with a Tamworth boar. 



The above are merely offered as suggestions ; many other 

 crosses might be equally or even more successful in 



