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Title: The standard cyclopedia of modern agriculture and rural economy, by the most distinguished authorities and specialists under the editorship of Professor R. Patrick Wright ..
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Wright, Robert Patrick, 1857- ed
Subjects: Agriculture
Publisher: London, The Gresham publishing company
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ood beef calves the bull should beselected chiefly for his size, masculinity, con-stitution, and richness of flesh. An expensivebull for use on grade or common country cattlewould be unprofitable, and hence pedigree, com-bined with high individual merit, is practicallyunattainable for crossing purposes, (r. b. g.) Bullace Tree. See Prunus. Bull-baiting.—The sport of bull-baiting,so popular in the time of Queen Elizabeth andlater, is now illegal in the United Kingdom,but has left us the breed of dogs known as theBulldog (see next art.). The bulls used in thering in Latin countries are of a particularlypugnacious breed, and individuals or strainsremarkable for ferocity are highly valued, andbred with a special view to the cruel sport tobe witnessed on great occasions in the fewcountries where public opinion has not beenclearly expressed against it. (h. l.) Bulldog, The. — That the national dogof England is now a very difierent animal fromwhat he was, even a generation ago, is a fact
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Bulldog which no middle-aged man who possesses aknowledge of the breed is at all likely to dis-pute. The dogs which our fathers knew, more-over, were of a totally different character to theCanii molossus or the Bandogge, from whichthe Bulldog has undoubtedly sprung. Theformer was of a very much larger size thanthe modern dog, and was regarded principallyas a protector of his owners life and propertyfrom the lawless bands which used to devastate the country, and also from the attacks of wildanimals. As times advanced, the breed, such as it was,became more associated with what was regardedas sport in those remote periods, and known asthe dogges of the Botcherie, the ancestors ofthe present breed, were used for fighting otheranimals and each other as their owners desired.The advance of civilization in due courseaccomplished the extinction of the wolves andother menaces to the safety of life and propertyin the country, and hence the utility of thesedogs became depreciated, the result bein

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