Excerpt from Types and Breeds of Farm Animals

The need for such a volume as this will no doubt be best expressed by a demand for it on the part of live-stock students. The author, however, desires to call attention to the fact that not since 1888 has a volume devoted to the breeds of horses, cattle, sheep, and swine been published in America. The most recent work devoted to the breeds entirely omitted a consideration of the horse. Further than this but very few books have thus far been published in the English language that have been strictly breed studies.

This book differs somewhat from others that have preceded it. A number of breeds have received recognition for the first time, these being the ass, the mule, the angora and milch goats, - all animals of importance in certain localities. The more important or better known breeds have received more detailed consideration than those which may be regarded as the lesser known, and have been so ranked in the make-up of the book. In numerous instances much new historical information has been gathered. During the past twenty years a great amount of evidence bearing on breed merit has been secured at the agricultural experiment stations, at expositions, on race courses, and at fair grounds. In the breed reviews in this work much of this recent evidence is given a place. Brief consideration is also given to some of the more important foundation families or tribes, and to individual animals that have made a deep impression upon the breed. The author has taken the liberty of commenting on the weak as well as on the strong points of the breeds, but this has been done in a nonpartisan spirit, in harmony with the views of capable critics.

In the preparation of this volume a wide range of breed literature has been consulted. Following the breed discussion of each group is given a list of reference works to which the author is indebted for helpful information.

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