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Excerpt from Indiana Agriculture: Agricultural Resources and Development of the State, the Struggles of Pioneer Life Compared With Present Conditions
The introduction of other pure breeds are of comparative recent date: Of the other beef breeds may be mentioned the fine herds of Herefords, Polled Angus, Red Polls and Gallo ways. Of the improved dairy breeds may be mentioned the Jerseys, holstein-friesians and Devons. The Jerseys and holstein-friesian breeds predominate, and there are fine herds in every part of the State. In trotting, coach and draft horses, the State stands among the first. Especially is this true of trotting and pacing horses. The standard bred horses of Indiana have a wide reputation, and the blood and breeding are carefully maintained by the associations having these matters in their charge. Sheep husbandry is most intelligently pursued in every part of the State. The Shropshire, Merinos and South Downs pre dominating, though there are many flocks of other pure breeds. Swine herds are numerous, and this line of live stock breed ing has been brought more nearly to perfection than any other. The last of the common breeds of swine were abandoned years ago. Poland Chinas, Berkshires, and Chester Whites are the leading breeds, and in about the order named. 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.
