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Excerpt from Animal Breeding
Breeding a Science and an Art - Animal breed ing is at once a science and an art. It is a science in so far as it discovers and systematically arranges the truths and principles which relate to the improve ment of live stock. The value of in-and - in breeding, for instance, as a quick means of improvement illus trates such discovery. (see Chapter X.) It does not appear to have been known to the ancients. If it were thus known the knowledge was subsequently lost. The systematic arrangement of the truths and principles which relate to the science is yet far from complete, and it may be added, that many of these truths and principles are not yet understood. It is an art in so far as it successfully uses those principles in effecting improvement. The importance, there fore, of understanding the principles which make improvement possible will be at once apparent, since, until so understood, they cannot be turned to profit able account. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
