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... degree ; and though the blood is still good , the shape is bad , and " like will beget like , " or what is worse , the defect will generally in- crease in the progeny . Another error is , you may by chance have a very fast dog , not of ...
... degree ; and though the blood is still good , the shape is bad , and " like will beget like , " or what is worse , the defect will generally in- crease in the progeny . Another error is , you may by chance have a very fast dog , not of ...
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... degree , and to propagate and convey them to their descendants , they must preserve them by exercise in the most perfect state of development . To breed therefore in the most successful manner , the male and female should be taken when ...
... degree , and to propagate and convey them to their descendants , they must preserve them by exercise in the most perfect state of development . To breed therefore in the most successful manner , the male and female should be taken when ...
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... degree , in the offspring ? Does not this circumstance alone , of the defect increasing , prove to us , that to produce perfection there must be perfection in every attribute in both the parents ? That perfection alone can be get ...
... degree , in the offspring ? Does not this circumstance alone , of the defect increasing , prove to us , that to produce perfection there must be perfection in every attribute in both the parents ? That perfection alone can be get ...
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... degree ; but it is not all a mere matter of custom ; it may also be hereditary for two generations or five , or ten ; but whence was that derived ? Not in a different organization or creation from old Father Adam . Some ancestor , when ...
... degree ; but it is not all a mere matter of custom ; it may also be hereditary for two generations or five , or ten ; but whence was that derived ? Not in a different organization or creation from old Father Adam . Some ancestor , when ...
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... degree larger than the left . Being accustomed to use one hand in preference to the other may give an increased facility of action to that hand and the fingers of it over the other hand ; but it is the greater strength in that hand more ...
... degree larger than the left . Being accustomed to use one hand in preference to the other may give an increased facility of action to that hand and the fingers of it over the other hand ; but it is the greater strength in that hand more ...
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The Courser's Companion: To which is Added the Breeder's Guide, Or ..., Volume 2 Thomas Thacker Visualização completa - 1835 |
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afterwards aliment animal animalcules appear Arrian better bitch blood bodily body bone bread bred breed breeders broth cart horse cause chyle chyme colour congenial consanguineous consequently constitution course coursers cows degree digestion duodenum effect exercise exertion feeding female flesh fluid fore full age full meal gallop gastric juice Gervase Markham give greater greyhounds hand hare Harriet Wilson heat hounds human species in-and-in in-bred in-breeding instance intestines kennel legs length less liquids Magendie male mammæ matter maturity meuse milk muscle muscular muscular development nature necessary nourishment nutriment nutritious offspring organic particles parents perfect plenty portion powers produce proper proportion prove puppies pylorus quantity race horse reared reason shape sire and dam small intestines solid food sort speed stimulating food stomach strength strengthen substances tion variety vegetables warm whelps wind young
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