Weeding Out
The quostion of iinprovcments in breed ing and caroful seJectioHa is one of vast unportance, and suggesta weedingout. Yes, the weeding out procesa is necessary, it' wc wish to improve our flouks and hords. We do not wish to perpetúate the indifferent or poor qualitiea of inferior stock, so we turn such Btock into lood. Wc liave (buior flvo fine cows, eows that would be a credit to any dairyj and il couple or so of indifferent oues. Wc breed tlie former and dispose of the bitter. We save the bciTc calves, and only the best ones, froni thoíe which are dropped, and in time we. hare a utee herd of filio animáis. If any of' tlio calves do not coma up to our ideal of what a prospecttoe cow sliould bc, we let tlie biifchcr iiavc her. And so witli gheep, swine. poultry, etc. lf we seo any o t' the animáis which we wisli to Keep lor bl-eoding show any dlspositiol] to developo bad traite, siich as constitutiolial ailiiients,diso[-,lcrsor diseases, or which do not respond readily to good care, tbod and treatment, oíl' tliev aró. and wo giro iiicreaged cure to tlie rcm.iinder. Il' furmers would all atlopt sucli a courso, no matter in how siiuül oi' moilcst a way, tliey would, ere loug, be eúrprisod tu nolu the iniproveiucut which vvonld ocenr, nml tluü-c is ïio qucsiiuu nuoat it payiw, eithcr.
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