The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-09-11
SUPERFICIAL kNowLEooE.
ssa-h Knowledge Which Passes SS GOOD
IL Really Gg;y Ss,o I.eap.

Is fss.-iiy Only ss'o Teer.
Much Of the knowledge that passes c.
good may bear application O; the words
sudefy applied 10 femsie perSooa, beauty
-" it Ii but skin deep This Is espe-
cially true OF the knowledge Of i've
stock possessed by considerable pro-
portion, BY far the ia;gast proportion.
of the number of stock breeders through
cut the world. II is necessarily 50. In
the worlds srswti men baV6 usually to
shoulder tier way as REST sAsy can.
: asy .el,lst nse their intelligence, suci;
as Il may be. great or snail ii the light
cf such knowledge as they esa pick up.
while moving onward. They have not
time to stop for mere. The stores thus
acquired, and b. observant men ccD-
stantig and indefinitely increased, are
commonly sufficient for the purpose %
business, ard enable their owners -
Of success. But where ambitiea is
higher. and leisare for study practicable,
the motive and the opportunity should
be sufficient 20 i1sr-a at least an effort
TO acquire deeper than ordinary learn
ing on tire subjects connected with the
structure and composition IF 81 animal.
We once asked al eminent horticnl-
tgr:Si, who had been sinruiar.y SUCCESS
fu, il producing now comhin2tioas of
form and color n FORTS flowers, al
most at will. to what circumstances he
considered he mainly owed his success.
and he placed first thorough knowl-
edge oi egery part of every plant inside
and outside. AS boy, IN his fathers
garden. he had skarpeaed his pocket
knife and disseeted specimens OF every
leaf, every stem. every flower, every
seed and every roct he found, aud ha
bad watched .he growth Of every plant
from the FIRST Ign of termination la the
seed to Its perfection, ard from the point
Of perfection to the last trace of life.
Il was probably not only from his dis
section Of plants, bu; from the fact that
this prac ctice Of se,t-instruction was vol
unfairly commenced. and in very early
life, that our fs+eai 60. tha thorough
grounding in his pursuit which served
him so well IN later years That sort Of
beginning Is much more sure than any
amount OF studied drilling OF the mind
for special object N later youth or
early manhood tt il repeatedly seen
IN biographies Of men great III literature
or Z 1ny enc OF the arts and sciences.
thai they ba;s.n thus spontaneously &c
.sn1 their recreation ssii Their delight
IN the subjects ot which ev.p sadly they
became masters They secsa to have
been born 10 their seven. professions.
II any intending stock breeder. arx-
iousNto distinguish himself, were to be-
ga by labcrioUs study Of the anatomy.
and nervous systems, vital
organs and all other physiological de-
tails OF the horse, the ox, or whatever |
other kind of animal he had elected to |
breed, the probability is that before the |
of his education his labor
would become irksome, his ambition |
would abate, and his desire cool He
must hrst have thorough. hearty In
terest in h!s chosen pursuit. and fPn |
that interest Inust have big thirst for |
koowledga. or be will not make much /
cut OF bis ssudi,.s. They will betiry tc /
him. II. however. the heart be in the
work, and such subjects Gs we have
be taken IL hand. while tha
relish Is keen, the future breeder thls /
primed will find himself in possession o.
advantages over the men Of or
iiDary attainments. He viii msntally
zee into and through en- animal. and
appearances ana the evidences
II toach viii often have 10 him mean
ng relative to Internal ocsssos which
he man cf shallow learning would
never suspect He is much better quail
led to ee judge Of stock than tie men
vino has only vague, imperfect notion
II what is beneath tse eskin--.Ndt;oas,li
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