Excerpt from Judging Farm Animals
At the present time departments of animal husbandry are features of all American agricultural colleges, and system atic courses in judging farm animals are given, in which laboratory practice is an important feature. Not only this, but thousands of young men have already received instruction in this subject in our colleges, many of whom are now actively engaged in farming, where animal hus bandry is a factor, requiring a knowledge of form and function.
In the preparation of this volume, the author has had in view a purpose, rather distinctive in itself, of discussing.
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