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" Mr. Bakewell had, certainly, the merit of destroying the absurd prejudice 'which formerly prevailed against breeding from animals between whom there was any degree of relationship. Had this opinion been universally acted upon, no one could have been said... "
Archives of Useful Knowledge - Page 375
1811
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Hints for American Husbandmen: With Communications to the Pennsylvania ...

Pennsylvania Agricultural Society - Agriculture - 1827 - 350 pages
...Sebright does not intend to exclude the union of animals nearly allied, for he justly remarks — " Mr. Bakewell had certainly the merit of destroying...superior merit, that we might have had the good fortune to possess." And he continues, that brother and sister may even be joined with certain views, " should...
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Intermarriage: Or, The Mode in Which, and the Causes Why, Beauty, Health ...

Alexander Walker - Breeding - 1839 - 438 pages
...between parents and progeny, &c. It was, however, an absurd prejudice, as Sir John Sebright observes, " which formerly prevailed against breeding from animals,...any degree of relationship. Had this opinion been uni. versally acted upon, no one could have been said to possess a particular breed, good or bad ;...
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Annual Report of the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture ..., Volume 5

Michigan. Board of Agriculture, Michigan. State Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1866 - 410 pages
...but the perfections of the one promise to correct in the produce, the imperfections of the other, 1 do not think it objectionable; much further than this...superior merit, that we might have had the good fortune to possess. The authorities of Mr. Bakewell, and of Mr. Meynel being generally quoted, when this subject...
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American Cattle: Their History, Breeding and Management

Lewis Falley Allen - Cattle - 1868 - 558 pages
...promise to correct in the produce the imperfections of the other, I do not think it objectionable. " Mr. Bakewell had certainly the merit of destroying...would have been dissimilar to that of another, and wo should have availed ourselves but little of an animal of superior merit, that we might have had...
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American Cattle: Their History, Breeding and Management

Lewis Falley Allen - Cattle - 1879 - 542 pages
...correct in the produce the imperfections of the other, I do not think it objectionable. " Mr. Bake well had certainly the merit of destroying the absurd prejudice...would have been dissimilar to that of another, and wo should have availed ourselves but little of an animal of superior merit, that we might have had...
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Annual Report of the Secretary of the State Board of ..., Volume 1866

Michigan. State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1866 - 446 pages
...good, and particularly, should the same defects not predominate in both, but the perfections of the"bne promise to correct in the produce, the imperfections...superior merit, that we might have had the good fortune to possess. The authorities of Sir. Bakewell, and of Mr. Meynel being generally quoted, when this subject...
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