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Title: The Principles of Breeding
or, Glimpses at the Physiological Laws involved in the
Reproduction and Improvement of Domestic Animals

Author: S. L. Goodale

Release Date: June 22, 2007 [EBook #21900]

Language: English

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THE
PRINCIPLES OF BREEDING:

OR,
GLIMPSES AT THE PHYSIOLOGICAL LAWS
INVOLVED IN THE
REPRODUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT
OF
DOMESTIC ANIMALS.

BY
S.L. GOODALE,
SECRETARY OF THE MAINE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.

BOSTON:
CROSBY, NICHOLS, LEE AND COMPANY,
117 WASHINGTON ST.
1861.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1861,
BY STEPHEN L. GOODALE,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Maine.

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