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...Peace Hitchcock to reduce his kennel of more than 40 dogs to "a reasonable number." Last week into Supreme Court at White Plains stormed Neighbor George F. Murphy, textile manufacturer, to charge that the Hitchcocks, in- stead of reducing their dogs, had permitted them to multiply. Retorted Breeder Hitchcock: "Dogs will be dogs." Neighbor Murphy cited noises and odors, described a chart kept by his butler of every howl, yelp and bark between June 25 and July 18. All that time, while Mr. Murphy was serving his own cocktails, answering his own doorbell, his butler was listening day and night...
...This move comes as a result of long consideration and represents the only effective solution to the problem. The American government has realized that crime, vice, and disease can be combatted only by concerted action. This logic must and eventually will be extended to wipe out the slum, insidious breeder of these evils. TERTIUS...
...that his entry in the ring, Briarcliff Model, was heavier (1,217 Ib.) than was nowadays popular. Judge Biggar passed his sensitive hands over well-meated ribs, examined shoulders, circled again & again. Finally he pointed to Briarcliff Model. There was applause. By now Farmer Thorne was an upstart Eastern breeder no longer. Technicians talked of "new contributions to animal husbandry," of "vastly improved stock," of a gentleman farmer who knew the game. Said Judge Biggar: "The best fat steer I've ever seen at the show...
Minks with finest fur are in Labrador, Quebec and northeastern New England. A pair of breeding minks descended from their stock costs about $300. But breeders who try to start with one pair are apt to be disappointed. Female minks are choosy. Experienced breeders advise a minimum investment of about $650, which will buy three females, two males. Better plan, say some, is to begin with $1,000 worth of breeding stock, add $300 to $500 worth during the first three years. Each female mink should produce two to ten kits a year. By the fourth year it is claimed...
...Hirst of Philadelphia argued vehemently against the subject. "An undue limitation of fecundity has been one of the precursors to the extinction of a civilization or the subjugation of a people by a more virile and prolific race. We have already gone some distance on this road. . . . If a breeder of livestock defied the laws of eugenics as we do. he would be ruined." The A. M. A. as usual pigeonholed the subject...