Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, Volume 25W. White, 1878 - Agriculture Vols. for 1889-1894, 1906-1912 issued with the Annual report of the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station; vols. for 1895-1905 issued with the Annual report of the Hatch Environment Station of the Massachnusetts Agricultural College. |
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Page 79
... breed sheep , hogs , or horned cattle . People ignorant of their business , or careless in it , com- monly fail ; but it cannot be said that our horse - breeding has been attempted merely by the heedless and the ignorant . It has been ...
... breed sheep , hogs , or horned cattle . People ignorant of their business , or careless in it , com- monly fail ; but it cannot be said that our horse - breeding has been attempted merely by the heedless and the ignorant . It has been ...
Page 80
... breeds for sale must rear what the public want , and be able to make a profit at the price his animals will command ... breed a Lady Thorne or Dexter . The man who endeavors to act intelli- gently in breeding trotters , and begins by ...
... breeds for sale must rear what the public want , and be able to make a profit at the price his animals will command ... breed a Lady Thorne or Dexter . The man who endeavors to act intelli- gently in breeding trotters , and begins by ...
Page 81
... breeding his usually worn - out , unsound mare to a horse of a track - record , or often to a horse whose boasted excellence is in his relation to a horse that had such a record . Stock horses that have , among hundreds of unknown or ...
... breeding his usually worn - out , unsound mare to a horse of a track - record , or often to a horse whose boasted excellence is in his relation to a horse that had such a record . Stock horses that have , among hundreds of unknown or ...
Page 82
... breeding , the chances and the results are about the same as a cynical Frenchman said they were , when a man sought to get a good wife in Parisian society . He said it was like grabbing for an eel hidden in a barrel of snakes . It thus ...
... breeding , the chances and the results are about the same as a cynical Frenchman said they were , when a man sought to get a good wife in Parisian society . He said it was like grabbing for an eel hidden in a barrel of snakes . It thus ...
Page 83
... breed horses for profit . At this point of our investigation we are not compelled to grope in the dark : we are upon ground that has been carefully explored , and we can avail ourselves of the experience of the world . The poet says ...
... breed horses for profit . At this point of our investigation we are not compelled to grope in the dark : we are upon ground that has been carefully explored , and we can avail ourselves of the experience of the world . The poet says ...
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