This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

Originally published in 1879, this is a fascinating read for any breeding enthusiast with much of the information still being useful and practical today. Chapters include; Breeding as an Art, Variation, Cross Breeding and Period of gestation as well as many more. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MARSHALL P. WILDER. vii a representative from the town of Dorchester. In 1849 he was elected a member of the Council of Governor Briggs, and the following year a member of the Senate and its president. In January, 1868, Colonel Wilder was solicited to take the presidency of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, and was unanimously elected to the position, which he has since held with distinguished ability, delivering the annual addresses. Through his personal influence more than fifty thousand dollars have been raised to procure a new building for the use of the society, and to establish a fund for the support of a librarian. By his energy and untiring devotion to the interests ot the society, he has infused new life and vigor into its efforts for the public good, and given it a reputation and an influence which it never had before. It is safe to say that no one else could have raised it to its present prosperous condition, or given it its extended influence and character in the community. The Hon. Paul A. Chadbourne, late president of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, in a recent memoir of Colonel Wilder says that: "The interest which Colonel Wilder has always manifested in the progress of education, as well as the value and felicitious style of his numerous writings, would lead one to infer at once that his varied knowledge and culture are the results of college education. But he is only another illustrious example of the men who, with only small indebtedness to schools, have proved to the world that real men can make themselves known as such without the aid of college, as we have abundantly learned that the college can never make a man of one who has not in him the elements of noble manhood before he enters its halls." His writings...

Originally published in 1879, this is a fascinating read for any breeding enthusiast with much of the information still being useful and practical today. Chapters include; Breeding as an Art, Variation, Cross Breeding and Period of gestation as well as many more. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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