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FEW callings have been more prolific in theories than stock-breeding. Many have been erroneous, while others which have borne a strong semblance of soundness have been inapplicable. Most of them have come from stock-breeders themselves; but others, which, as a rule, have received more attention, have come from outside observers. The great stock-breeders, more especially the great improvers, have given little heed to any other theory than that which has been tersely expressed in the words “put the best to the best,” but others have been influenced by other theories, although their success in the production of good stock has usually been parallel with the strength of their adherence to the main theory whether that adherence was conscious or unconscious. After the introduction of printed herd and stud books, and therefore of “pure” breeding, the “pedigree” theory was generally taken to be a means of breeding good stock as well as “pure” stock, and only the very greatest stock-breeders stood fast by the “best to best” theory.
Breeding of Farm Animals.
By Prof. M. W. Harper. Pp. xvii + 335. (New York: Orange judd Co.; London: Kegan Paul and Co., Ltd., 1914.) Price 1.50 dollars.
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WILSON, J. Breeding of Farm Animals . Nature 95, 671–672 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/095671a0
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