Hence, to preserve our domesticated breeds true, or to improve them by methodical selection, it is obviously necessary that they should be kept separate.
What man has effected within recent times in England by methodical selection is clearly shown by our exhibitions of improved quadrupeds and fancy birds.
Methodical selection is that which guides a man who systematically endeavours to modify a breed according to some predetermined standard.
We thus see how clearly Mr. Paul, an eminently successful cultivator of this flower, appreciates the action of methodical selection.
During the last 20 years the size of some of our breeds has been largely increased by methodical selection, whilst that of other breeds has been much diminished.
This may be called methodical selection, for the breeder has a distinct object in view, namely, to preserve some character which has actually appeared; or to create some improvement already pictured in his mind.
It is not to be supposed that species in a state of nature ever change so quickly as domestic animals under the guidance of methodical selection.
At the present time, eminent breeders try by methodical selection, with a distinct object in view, to make a new strain or sub-breed, superior to anything of the kind in the country.
In the case of methodical selection, a breeder selects for some definite object, and if the individuals be allowed freely to intercross, his work will completely fail.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "methodical selection" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
