——=s 7. ewes,

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any th earliest times, for the superior excellence, as well as da fom, abundance, of its flocks and herds; and equally'so, be out in latter times, fer renovation and improvement nt size al foreign sources. In that other genus of ani- dation ¢ mals, next in the order of utility, in horses of every erably en species, our superiority over all the x one

b the aif equally unquestionable; we have even surpassed in baat elegance, symmetry, and A as well as in sub- sat stance, the beautiful originals of the desert. Pos- ie sessed of such ample means, of a soil so peculiarly ell pat

adapted to the growth and improvement of cattle, of immense wastes courting cultivation, of an an-

cary ty°.... a nually increasing population, assuring a never-fail-

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1¢ fem ing market, and certain recompence, we must be lH f animal extremely indolent, or extremely unfortunate, if/ animal those excellent and productive forms, which are at 7 in the present confined to certain species, or individuals i well as of cattle, are not, in course of a few years, commu- A are and nicated to the aggregate body of the live stock of: one bot- the country., ration of The grand maxim of Pere, in the ani- mize; mal fart’ is,(in the popular phrase) that lke pro- nal mo- duces like; and although objections have been start- ‘e more edto this principle, on the score of certain casual orate iN failures, yet such will always be found mere ex-, ts Of It ceptions to a general rule, which according to the instance, scheme of nature, do but partially detract Ge its | sunken general utility. The first business of one then, who -, crook? aims at the highest style of improvement, 1s, to se- aordinat lect thorough-shaped males and females, from the aoel most celebrated stock in the country, of that genus J hope of animals of which he intends to become a peaeae we 8 er. These, with their progeny, must be main- ray the tained ia eatliest f sea=