Excerpt from The Farmer's Magazine, and Monthly Journal of the Agricultural Interest, Vol. 41: January, 1872 The chairman in opening the proceedings, said the subject for that evening's discussion was one of the greatest import ance, and upon it, he might safely say, the whole success of stock-breeding depended. If there were any mistake as regards the observance of proper principles, stock-breeding generally ended in failure. He would not, however, make any remarks, but at once Introduce Mr. Fowler, who was well known to them all, and who would he was sure introduce the subject In such an able and practical manner as to do full justice to it (cheers). 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.