Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-11-10
From, HE An,erican Turner.

The following remaiEs on the horse, are
ouch IA We have heard frnm observing farmers
of The wPsi and 10 them n may b" added,
thai The bones OF high bred horsrs nro 81 \ fn-
~ tcx'utP, more solid, heavier ami stronger
IN proportion % s,2s lhan ,hose Of common
horees, and the annual uniformly more dooii"
aud miId, and longer lived. Would It he too
much for ms TO ask coHlinuation of contr,-
buttons from our nuch respected correspnu-
denl
PRACTICAL 0EsFEvATl oSs OK Tue PRINCIPLES
~ BREEDING.
Ma. SMITH:
tGyelts County, Kentucky. 1891.
As agriculture is the most universal Of all
employ menis and its trosperly the measure
OF the success OF all other pursuits So It may
hs affirmed that the culture Of domestic animals
is the most important branch OF this great in
teTest, and the one which most perfectly indi-
cafes the condition Of all lis other departments
When we see The BEASTS that cultivate the farm
er's fields, we form n sVrpdsingly tue
judgment oil the proifs ot his labours. When
~ see the ialed animal for bis table, or the
,hamblps, W. can tell AT once his manner of Iy-
ing, aud the value of his mode OF farming
Aud 80 il is through the whole calendar of re-
auis.
No degree of skill or attention., will convert
mean animal INTO goJd one. The qnah-
ties OF the individual, though they mhy not be
A, dis inCtvr, are nearly rs obstinate as those
" hirh separate one sreclrs rom another. And
a man might AS we'll sxpccl by culture TO make
the obdurh'e hog yield tue exquisite fleece OF
Saxon sheep, as 10 convert the patent ana cold
FLOODED drudge, uto lhe spir.fed and beautiful
courser. We must brg,n right, or we are obg.
Ell 10 ,nd wrong We must bred with an IN
tpIliy. ~ no ia NO results afuY "a htrn
or all our subsequent ia0anrs will faI OF their
adequate reward.
To hat point therefore, The breeding Of dO.
ats,c dnimals--i desire Ia direct the attention
oil yout readers, to a thing /, ing al the loun-
dnuOn of then prosperity. Ma | nave to
say, 10 the result OF several years attention to
the subject aud though muca OF II may appear
d,I=tegt H0m @hat Is commonly received as
true, do not fe,i AT ii1-ilv 10 disregard facts
occurring uuder my o"n uOuce, opt oil deier'
ence to ANY popular opinion. iimore numrr-
Gus aud better oondu ed experiments shalt IS
tahlish results dlleIeat rom those ihave aTrI-
we'd ut am sure n one viii receive and act
on them with more alacriiy than mysl.
Every animal in d state Of nature produce
an animal The image OF useiI, not only Ia APP
pearance bat IN all its instinct sdd endow-
mems. W. cannot say that one deer is sH IT,
ter than another al like age and CondIliou, nor
Tat ONE tigf r Is more lerOclons than aUUtner.
In herd OF buhalue you could hardly dlstin-
gulsh one from anuIner OF the same sex aud
yeas; ana IT, a covey oil wd birds the incest
scrutiny vii scarcel, detect the most trhing
d BE enCe between any two males OC femuies.
l. Is the same ihrO tgh he whole rdDye OF ant
mhl lie, III a stale Oi OatITe.
We TAD II iaI Otherwise III our farn-y ards
snl fields Between toe parent and the off
81. ia IN eyers ,pocies OF domes cnted animals,
there are very gtea' treque"ily, SO ter Is
We Can discut4s, most cdprlcIous diyersiiies.
TAis is the very fact WIZ Ia gives TO TINS sub
lect its Importance as well AS IFS difficulty
For if domestcaton tad not ntIhSed on ma.
ture 10 tins particular, we could not have tell
more IN .ertainty about The proiuCe Of our
locks aud herds, than about the appearance OF
the yonug IN park Of deer We tiya-
ted away 10 part al least one great Law OF an
,mal uAtuTe-and what We seek is amld'he great
irteyularities which have succe ehed TO tie sian
ole uaitormit, OF nature, TO iesten on, and as
lar as practicable TO perpe'uate such OF them
az ~. foa most conductive TO our interest.
This has been achieved already 10 a con'id-
srahie extent. Men have taken indvdua Is
nossessing IN high degree CERTAIN desirable
ouali,ies aud BY breeding them togelhei
through many successive generations, have SUI
c4edpd iu stamping the original pecuIIafi,ie'
IN some degree upon the whole family ihess
are what are called, blooded au'mals and they
are considered purer blooded, or tue reverse,