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established breed very creditable specimens can be obtained at prices 
which farmers can afford to pay 
In the selections of breeds it should be borne in mind that no one 
is perfect, no one adapted for all uses and climates; that the breed 
best for one man may be very illy suited to the wants of another. 
It is unwise to have so strong prejudices as to be unable to see any 
merit in but one breed. On the other hand it is well to have well 
established convictions, for in stock raising, frequent or aimless 
crossing of breeds is always an evil. 
For the professional stock-breeder it is often advisable to give at¬ 
tention to but one class of animals, and but one breed of this class. 
For the general farmer it is often advisable to keep horses, cattle, 
sheep, swine and poultry, selecting some one breed of each. Ex¬ 
clusive attention to any one class is rarely advisable and sudden 
changes to meet the fluctuations in market prices are nearly always 
inadvisable. 
The address closed with a statement of some of the leading char¬ 
acteristics of different classes of animals and their adaptations. 
Mr. Smith, of Green Bay. While I may not agree with Mr. Mor¬ 
row in all his points, yet he strikes a cord where I think we must 
all agree with him, and that is in the encouragement and enthusi¬ 
asm in the matter of improvement. He wants improvement in 
stock and everything. One of the most important points in my 
estimation is his remarks in regard to keeping stock for manure. 
That is a point, gentlemen, where we all make a mistake; I don’t 
know of a farmer who makes as much manure as he ought to or 
can. It has been said here that I have been successful as a gard- 
ner. But gardening, as it is usually carried on, is very poor busi¬ 
ness, not better than general farming. Market gardening is not 
better business than farming conducted in the same way. If I had 
gone on to the same piece of land where I am and had raised the 
same crops that I have raised, or did raise when I first went on to 
it, and had kept right on from that time to this, I should not have 
been here to-day. I bought it and paid 10 per cent, interest on it, 
and in spite of such high interest made it pay. I have kept increas¬ 
ing the crop until this year the crop on that ground sells for about 
§6,000, and the crop of the same piece sold six years ago for §1,800. 
I am cultivating about 13 acres; but I made it what it is by improv¬ 
ing and cultivating it. I have no particular advantage over an} r of 
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