The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-06-14
JUNE IA, 1898.

stock as the only means OF securing ads
cquate profits on the capital invested
The increase Of population will increase
the value Of lands, and this condition
will aid in the necessary education of
the farmer up to the conclusion that
only intensified farming, supplemented
with improved stock, will make the
farm pay its way and leave profit to
It's owner. This condition, which must
result rs Of course, will increase the
necessity for the purchase of improved
stock bv the general farmer, and the
more Thoroughly he is educated to the
necessity OF using improved stock, the
more readily he will become pur-
chaser and IL practical advocate of the
use Of the improved breeds of true
stock. Therefore, it is the duty as
we'll as the interest of the breeder to
stimulate the desire to own and breed
better live stock. Hence the breeder
in a measure has to make his customers
Ivy educating them mp to a point where
they will understand and appreciate
the differences between the thorough
bred and the "scrub," and encouraging
the taking of good stock breeders
paper, like the Breeders Gazette, as
treat help in this direction. Don't
think or feel that it is IA task to show
Y0nr fine stock to your neigh bDrS, or to
your visitors or friends, for in all this
You may be sowing bread on the waters
that Will return at q future day to
change dollars for your improved stock.
liz short, to increase the demand for
improved stock, the breeder must
hrred the very best Of the kind and be
careful to sell none but good males to
the general farmer so that improve
ment and satisfaction will certainly
and without fail follow the sale That
kind Of result will be q powerful edu-
cator to the purchaser, and it may bo
to u whole nciThborhOod. The breeder
himself must be y thOrOughbrc,l
Thoroughbred must be written on all
his surroundings. lie must be the
enemy of all male "Scrubs," and not
allow one to be on his farm He must
be IL thoroughbred in his dealings with
hi ncighbDrS and his customers to the
extent of not allowing an imperfect
male to leave his herd or flock without
the defect being fully pointed out to
Hn uneducated purchaser. lie must be
too much of Il thoroughbred to sell i'm
perfect OF Indifferent males, even if he
can get a good profit thereon, and he
must have the courage to use the | II fe
rs n protector of the public and vim
dictator of the goad and thoroughbred
qualities of his own stock. Time will
vindicatc his honesty, and thrift re-
ward him in the end.
| am satisfied better day is coming
for the breeder of thorough brcd stock.
The demand will increase as fast as the
public is educated up to the necessity
Of breeding and raising better stock.
The dark cloud of depression that has
SO long hung over the breeder OF thor
oughbred cattle is about to be raised,
and expose to view again its silver
lining. Cali things come to him who
waits" is Il truth, as well as an old
saying, and to the cattle breeder it
looks now as if the future is opening
with promises of grand rewards to
those who have waited for that better
day. If the breeder is himself thor
oughbred, his reward is sure to come
and is near at hands. w. Click, in
Kansas Farmer