No particular breed of cattle can be said to exist in this district: milk being the main object of the farmer, he does not consider any thoroughbreed particularly advantageous for that purpose; […]
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Thoroughbreed
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SIR:—I have, at this moment, received from Dr. Eben Wight, the account of the stock of cattle known, in this vicinity, as the Jamestown. It is a cross between two thoroughbreeds — the Suffolk (no horned) on the part of the female, and the Jersey on the part of the male.
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It is only through the practice of the principles of evolution that a thorough-breed can be obtained. Every species is one of nature's thorough-breeds.
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[…] that all the progeny would have large berries and large clusters, and thus far [form?] a purebreed or thoroughbreed, of the “in and in bred” type would be secured.
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